
Living and Dying in Brick City
An E.R. Doctor Returns Home
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This riveting first-person account is written by one of the coauthors of THE PACT: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream. In that book three young African-American men from the streets of Newark told the story of how they got themselves to medical school. Now, one of them recounts his experiences as an emergency room physician at Newark's Beth Israel Medical Center. Narrator Cary Hite seamlessly captures Davis and his family, friends, and co-workers, as well as the denizens of his emergency room. Listeners are on hand to hear the pain, tumult, and breakneck pace of one of the most dramatic workplaces imaginable. Excellent sound effects add to the atmosphere. Hearing Davis in action illustrates the tough yet compassionate mix that creates the perfect doctor. S.G.B. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

March 18, 2013
Davis (co-author of The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream) is clearly of, from, and for the Brick CityâNewark, NJâand in his previous book and work with his Three Doctors Foundation he made himself an inspiration to the kind of inner-city youth he was. Now writing about the urban African-American experience on the scale of Newark and the United States simultaneously, it is unclear whom Davis envisions as his audience. Identically-structured chapters feature a short patient story, a teaching point or moral, major issues in health and health care for African Americans, and concise public health information from government agencies. Though formulaic, patients are not made tokens, and medical informationâdealing with topics ranging from gang violence to depression to obesityâ is woven throughout. The most fully developed character, however, is Davis himself; he details his childhood, family, and life with both his own child and "adopted" children he has mentored in the community. Davis closes by discussing his leave from clinical medicine for full-time community and advocacy work, reflecting on how it's all part of the same vocation: to "help save lives".
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