At Bellevue, a hospital reflects its changing world
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 03:35
in Mathematics & Economics
The New York City public hospital has a gritty reputation. But patient by patient, it's a mirror on a vulnerable, volatile population and the care each person needs. Yuzuro Yamamoto (not his real name) was a quiet Japanese man who knew only a handful of words in English, despite 30 years in America. He was a sturdy manual laborer, but over the last...