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God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
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Penguin Publishing Group
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384 Pages
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God's Hotel : a Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
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English
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General, Medical, Hospital Administration & Care, Health Policy, Essays
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2012
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Biography & Autobiography, Medical
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"Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic [care] hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind...God''s Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nture of medicine in our time. It should be requiered reading for anyone interested in the "business" of healthcare-and especially those interested in the humanity of healthcare." --Oliver Sacks, M.D. author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind''s Eye , "Victoria Sweet is a master storyteller and a consummate physician. Her beautifully written stories from the frontline of health care document the struggle of all modern-day healers, to hold fast to the immortal soul of Medicine despite the pressures of economics, the self-interest of politics, and the reductionism of science. God's Hotel reminds us of the fundamental truth that medicine is and has always been an act of love and brotherhood … and of the vulnerabilities we share and the compassion we aspire to." --Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings, "Victoria Sweet is a master storyteller and a consummate physician. Her beautifully written stories from the frontline of health care document the struggle of all modern-day healers, to hold fast to the immortal soul of Medicine despite the pressures of economics, the self-interest of politics, and the reductionism of science. God''s Hotel reminds us of the fundamental truth that medicine is and has always been an act of love and brotherhood … and of the vulnerabilities we share and the compassion we aspire to."--Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather''s Blessings, "Transcendent…readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force …Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." -- The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging … You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Sweet's tone in God's Hotel nicely matches her subject. Her writing has a lovely, antique quality… This hospital, with its chronically ill patients, crumbling buildings, and never-ending budget woes, was "a gift." In this beautiful and unique book, she shares that gift with us generously." The Boston Globe "Sweet writes fluidly and well… She weaves a fascinating account of the historical forces that transformed our view of the body. …It's high time that someone gets medieval on modern medicine's morass, and Victoria Sweet is just the woman to do it." Plain Dealer "Captivating…with this humane and thoughtful work, Sweet joins physician-authors such as Oliver Sacks, Jerome Groopman and Abraham Verghese." The Dallas Morning News "Containing no medical jargon ...nothing too gory or gut-wrenching; just descriptive stories of patients, unusual treatments, a hospital in transition, and a doctor on a journey, learning to practice 'a beautiful art.'" -- East Bay Express "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage "Sweet paints a dynamic portrait …[which]is at its core testimonial to the body's remarkable ability to heal when it is provided with the simple ingredients of time and care." -- Utne Reader, "Sweet's watershed book ambushes and transforms you with its visionary middle way between the irreplaceable skills of doctors and the benefits of holistic medical knowledge and twenty-first-century technology and standards. Vital, exquisitely written, and spectacularly multidimensional, Sweet's clinically exacting, psychologically discerning, practical, spiritual, and tenderly funny anecdotal chronicle steers the politicized debate over health care back to medicine and compassion. Booklist (starred review) "A remarkable, poignant portrait of a committed physician on a quest to understand the heart, as well as the art, of medicine. Laguna Honda Hospital…offers veteran physician Sweet a unique education in ministering to the body, heart, and soul…A marvelous, arresting read." Library Journal (starred) "Sweet's tales of her hospital, patients, colleagues, and herself offer a fresh linking of medicine past and present." Publishers Weekly "Remarkably honest …in the dozen or so patient success stories, Sweet's warm, anecdotal style shines...[Her] compelling argument for Laguna Honda's philosophy of 'slow medicine' will make readers contemplate if perhaps the body should be viewed more as a garden to be tended rather than a machine to be fixed." Kirkus Reviews, "This is a unique book about a healer and those in need of her healing. Charting her journey in God's Hotel , Victoria Sweet shows us that medicine is still fundamentally a sacred calling. By illuminating this truth, Sweet provides comfort and inspiration." --Jerome Groopman, M.D. Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School, author of How Doctors Think , co-author of Your Medical Mind , "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic [care] hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind... God's Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nature of medicine in our time. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the "business" of healthcare-and especially those interested in the humanity of healthcare." --Oliver Sacks, M.D. author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind's Eye , "Engaging … You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Sweet's tone in God's Hotel nicely matches her subject. Her writing has a lovely, antique quality… This hospital, with its chronically ill patients, crumbling buildings, and never-ending budget woes, was "a gift." In this beautiful and unique book, she shares that gift with us generously." The Boston Globe "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage, "Transcendent…readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force …Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." -- The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging … You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Sweet's tone in God's Hotel nicely matches her subject. Her writing has a lovely, antique quality… This hospital, with its chronically ill patients, crumbling buildings, and never-ending budget woes, was "a gift." In this beautiful and unique book, she shares that gift with us generously." The Boston Globe "Containing no medical jargon ...nothing too gory or gut-wrenching; just descriptive stories of patients, unusual treatments, a hospital in transition, and a doctor on a journey, learning to practice 'a beautiful art.'" -- East Bay Express "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage "Sweet paints a dynamic portrait …[which]is at its core testimonial to the body's remarkable ability to heal when it is provided with the simple ingredients of time and care." -- Utne Reader, "This is a unique book about a healer and those in need of her healing. Charting her journey in God''s Hotel, Victoria Sweet shows us that medicine is still fundamentally a sacred calling. By illuminating this truth, Sweet provides comfort and inspiration." --Jerome Groopman, M.D. Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School, author of How Doctors Think , co-author of Your Medical Mind , "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda .. and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind. ... God's Hotel is a most important book. ... It should be required reading for anyone interested in the "business" of health care-and especially those interested in the humanity of health care." -Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind's Eye "This is a unique book about a healer and those in need of her healing. Charting her journey in God's Hotel, Victoria Sweet shows us that medicine is still fundamentally a sacred calling. By illuminating this truth, Sweet provides comfort and inspiration." -Jerome Groopman, M.D., Recanati Professor, Harvard Medical School, co- author of How Doctors Think and Your Medical Mind "Victoria Sweet is a master storyteller and a consummate physician. Her beautifully written stories from the frontline of health care document the struggle of all modern-day healers, to hold fast to the immortal soul of Medicine despite the pressures of economics, the self-interest of politics, and the reductionism of science. God's Hotel reminds us of the fundamental truth that medicine is and has always been an act of love and brotherhood ... and of the vulnerabilities we share and the compassion we aspire to." -Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings "A profoundly moving account of a remarkable hospital and the people who inhabit it, God's Hotel reveals intimate knowledge of the shift in modern medicine, from personal tending to industrialized 'health care.' Author and physician Victoria Sweet embodies the traits of a persevering and compassionate doctor, while conveying the wisdom of a philosopher, and the instincts of a born storyteller." -Julie Salamon, author of Hospital and Wendy and the Lost Boys, A Barnes & Noble Best Nonfiction Book of 2012 "Transcendent… readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force… Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging… You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic [care] hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind… God's Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nature of medicine in our time. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the 'business' of healthcare and especially those interested in the humanity of healthcare." Oliver Sacks, M.D. author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind's Eye "A beautifully written and illuminating book… [Sweet's] metaphors are poetic and hint at the mystical, but then she pulls back with the educated eye of a scientist… For both the agnostic and the believer, Sweet pinpoints the element of medicine that makes it a calling rather than a job: the unique and sustaining love that is sparked between a doctor and patient." Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books "Captivating… with this humane and thoughtful work, Sweet joins physician-authors such as Oliver Sacks, Jerome Groopman and Abraham Verghese." The Dallas Morning News "[A] watershed book ...Vital, exquisitely written, and spectacularly multidimensional, Sweet's clinically exacting, psychologically discerning, practical, spiritual, and tenderly funny anecdotal chronicle steers the politicized debate over health care back to medicine and compassion. Booklist (starred review) "Visionary… thoroughly subversive in all the best ways… This book's lessons and conclusions should challenge doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and policy makers to stop and rethink their core beliefs." Journal of Health Affairs "A remarkable, poignant portrait of a committed physician on a quest to understand the heart, as well as the art, of medicine… A marvelous, arresting read." Library Journal (starred review) "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage, "Transcendent… readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force… Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging… You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic [care] hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind… God's Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nature of medicine in our time. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the 'business' of healthcare and especially those interested in the humanity of healthcare." Oliver Sacks, M.D. author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind's Eye "A beautifully written and illuminating book… [Sweet's] metaphors are poetic and hint at the mystical, but then she pulls back with the educated eye of a scientist… For both the agnostic and the believer, Sweet pinpoints the element of medicine that makes it a calling rather than a job: the unique and sustaining love that is sparked between a doctor and patient." Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books "Captivating… with this humane and thoughtful work, Sweet joins physician-authors such as Oliver Sacks, Jerome Groopman and Abraham Verghese." The Dallas Morning News "[A] watershed book ...Vital, exquisitely written, and spectacularly multidimensional, Sweet's clinically exacting, psychologically discerning, practical, spiritual, and tenderly funny anecdotal chronicle steers the politicized debate over health care back to medicine and compassion. Booklist (starred review) "Visionary… thoroughly subversive in all the best ways… This book's lessons and conclusions should challenge doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and policy makers to stop and rethink their core beliefs." Journal of Health Affairs "A remarkable, poignant portrait of a committed physician on a quest to understand the heart, as well as the art, of medicine… A marvelous, arresting read." Library Journal (starred review) "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage, A Barnes & Noble and San Francisco Chronicle Best Nonfiction Book of 2012 "Transcendent… readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force… Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging… You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic [care] hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind… God's Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nature of medicine in our time. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the 'business' of healthcare and especially those interested in the humanity of healthcare." Oliver Sacks, M.D. author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind's Eye "A beautifully written and illuminating book… [Sweet's] metaphors are poetic and hint at the mystical, but then she pulls back with the educated eye of a scientist… For both the agnostic and the believer, Sweet pinpoints the element of medicine that makes it a calling rather than a job: the unique and sustaining love that is sparked between a doctor and patient." Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books "Sweet's warm, anecdotal style shines… The author's compelling argument for Laguna Honda's philosophy of 'slow medicine' will make readers contemplate if perhaps the body should be viewed more as a garden to be tended rather than a machine to be fixed." Kirkus (reviewed as a Best Book of 2012) "Captivating… with this humane and thoughtful work, Sweet joins physician-authors such as Oliver Sacks, Jerome Groopman and Abraham Verghese." The Dallas Morning News "[A] watershed book ...Vital, exquisitely written, and spectacularly multidimensional, Sweet's clinically exacting, psychologically discerning, practical, spiritual, and tenderly funny anecdotal chronicle steers the politicized debate over health care back to medicine and compassion. Booklist (starred review) "Visionary… thoroughly subversive in all the best ways… This book's lessons and conclusions should challenge doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and policy makers to stop and rethink their core beliefs." Journal of Health Affairs "A remarkable, poignant portrait of a committed physician on a quest to understand the heart, as well as the art, of medicine… A marvelous, arresting read." Library Journal (starred review) "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage, "A profoundly moving account of a remarkable hospital and the people who inhabit it, God''s Hotel reveals intimate knowledge of the shift in modern medicine, from personal tending to industrialized ''health care.'' Author and physician Victoria Sweet embodies the traits of a persevering and compassionate doctor, while conveying the wisdom of a philosopher, and the instincts of a born storyteller."--Julie Salamon, author of Hospital and Wendy and the Lost Boys , "Transcendent…readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force …Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." -- The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging … You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Sweet writes fluidly and well… She weaves a fascinating account of the historical forces that transformed our view of the body. …It's high time that someone gets medieval on modern medicine's morass, and Victoria Sweet is just the woman to do it." Cleveland Plain Dealer "Captivating…with this humane and thoughtful work, Sweet joins physician-authors such as Oliver Sacks, Jerome Groopman and Abraham Verghese." The Dallas Morning News "Sweet's tone in God's Hotel nicely matches her subject. Her writing has a lovely, antique quality… This hospital, with its chronically ill patients, crumbling buildings, and never-ending budget woes, was "a gift." In this beautiful and unique book, she shares that gift with us generously." The Boston Globe "Intelligent and moving ... In this often lyrical book, Dr. Sweet reveals a deep spirituality and unsentimental compassion." Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Sweet paints a dynamic portrait …[which] is at its core testimonial to the body's remarkable ability to heal when it is provided with the simple ingredients of time and care." -- Utne Reader "Containing no medical jargon ...nothing too gory or gut-wrenching; just descriptive stories of patients, unusual treatments, a hospital in transition, and a doctor on a journey, learning to practice 'a beautiful art.'" -- East Bay Express "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage, A Barnes & Noble and San Francisco Chronicle Best Nonfiction Book of 2012 "Transcendent… readable chapters go down like restorative sips of cool water, and its hard-core subversion cheers like a shot of gin… God's Hotel [is] a tour de force… Others have written about the relationship between time and medical care with similar eloquence and urgency, but the centuries of perspective that Dr. Sweet brings infuse the point with unforgettable clarity." The New York Times "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging… You might not expect a book about San Francisco''s most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God''s Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic [care] hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind… God''s Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nature of medicine in our time. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the ''business'' of healthcare and especially those interested in the humanity of healthcare." Oliver Sacks, M.D. author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and The Mind''s Eye "A beautifully written and illuminating book… [Sweet's] metaphors are poetic and hint at the mystical, but then she pulls back with the educated eye of a scientist… For both the agnostic and the believer, Sweet pinpoints the element of medicine that makes it a calling rather than a job: the unique and sustaining love that is sparked between a doctor and patient." Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books "Remarkable… [Sweet] would appreciate that it took time for me to journey to and through her work since that may be one of the many compelling messages she so eloquently, yet simply by storytelling, conveys… permitting 'tincture of time' to also do its job." The Huffington Post "Sweet''s warm, anecdotal style shines… The author''s compelling argument for Laguna Honda''s philosophy of ''slow medicine'' will make readers contemplate if perhaps the body should be viewed more as a garden to be tended rather than a machine to be fixed." Kirkus (reviewed as a Best Book of 2012) "Captivating… with this humane and thoughtful work, Sweet joins physician-authors such as Oliver Sacks, Jerome Groopman and Abraham Verghese." The Dallas Morning News "[A] watershed book ...Vital, exquisitely written, and spectacularly multidimensional, Sweet's clinically exacting, psychologically discerning, practical, spiritual, and tenderly funny anecdotal chronicle steers the politicized debate over health care back to medicine and compassion. Booklist (starred review) "Visionary… thoroughly subversive in all the best ways… This book's lessons and conclusions should challenge doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and policy makers to stop and rethink their core beliefs." Journal of Health Affairs "A remarkable, poignant portrait of a committed physician on a quest to understand the heart, as well as the art, of medicine… A marvelous, arresting read." Library Journal (starred review) "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage, "A radical and inspiring alternative vision of caring for the sick." Vanity Fair "Engaging … You might not expect a book about San Francisco's most downtrodden patients to be a page-turner, but it is. With its colorful cast of characters battling the tide of history, God's Hotel is a remarkable journey into the essence of medicine." San Francisco Chronicle "Sweet's tone in God's Hotel nicely matches her subject. Her writing has a lovely, antique quality… This hospital, with its chronically ill patients, crumbling buildings, and never-ending budget woes, was "a gift." In this beautiful and unique book, she shares that gift with us generously." The Boston Globe "Containing no medical jargon ...nothing too gory or gut-wrenching; just descriptive stories of patients, unusual treatments, a hospital in transition, and a doctor on a journey, learning to practice 'a beautiful art.'" -- East Bay Express "[Our] healthcare system might function a lot better if every single American citizen, healthcare professional, politician and legislator would read Victoria Sweet's insightful, beautifully written and moving book." Bookpage "Sweet paints a dynamic portrait …[which]is at its core testimonial to the body's remarkable ability to heal when it is provided with the simple ingredients of time and care." -- Utne Reader
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For readers of Paul Kalanithi s When Breath Becomes Air, a medical page-turner that traces one doctor s remarkable journey to the essence of medicine ( The San Francisco Chronicle ). San Francisco s Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hotel-Dieu (God s hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times and needed extended medical care ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty years. Laguna Honda, relatively low-tech but human-paced, gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that has almost vanished. Gradually, the place transformed the way she understood her work. Alongside the modern view of the body as a machine to be fixed, her extraordinary patients evoked an older idea, of the body as a garden to be tended. God s Hotel tells their story and the story of the hospital itself, which, as efficiency experts, politicians, and architects descended, determined to turn it into a modern health care facility, revealed its own surprising truths about the essence, cost, and value of caring for the body and the soul.", For readers of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air, a medical "page-turner" that traces one doctor's "remarkable journey to the essence of medicine" ( The San Francisco Chronicle ). San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Htel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves--"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care--ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty years. Laguna Honda, relatively low-tech but human-paced, gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that has almost vanished. Gradually, the place transformed the way she understood her work. Alongside the modern view of the body as a machine to be fixed, her extraordinary patients evoked an older idea, of the body as a garden to be tended. God's Hotel tells their story and the story of the hospital itself, which, as efficiency experts, politicians, and architects descended, determined to turn it into a modern "health care facility," revealed its own surprising truths about the essence, cost, and value of caring for the body and the soul.
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