Thomas Fisher’s memoir 'The Emergency' recounts the terrifying beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic, through the eyes of the first line of defense
homas Fisher grew up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1980s. Decades later, he returned as an emergency room doctor at the University of Chicago Medical Center. There, in the rapid evaluation unit, unfolds.
Empathetic and urgent, Fisher’s memoir recounts the terrifying beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic, this time through the eyes of the first line of defense. Through clear portraits of patients interspersed with personal essays framed as letters to patients and colleagues, Fisher sharply criticizes the American health care system—and the
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