"A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan
hospital...Harrowing... An important book."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
What is life worth? And what is a life worth living? At a time when
America faces vital choices about the future of its health care, former
NEW YORK TIMES correspondent Lisa Belkin takes a powerful and poignant
look at the inner workings of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas,
telling the remarkable, real-life stories of the doctors, patients,
families, and hospital administrators who must ask--and ultimately
answer--the most profound and heart-rendng questions about life and
death.