Improbable Books: 1 book
Our Parents in Crisis
Confronting Medical Errors, Ageist Doctors, And Other Healthcare Failings
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
On the evening of Friday, June 7, 2002, 78-year-old Fern Sjoerdsma lay in a Chesapeake, Va., hospital bed, moaning and breathing rapidly and laboriously. Her whole body seemed bloated, especially her legs. She failed to respond coherently to questions that her daughter Ann asked and acted irritated by...
