Conversations For Paco: Why America Needs Healthcare For All

by James Lenhart

Overview

A mysterious illness is about to splinter an unsuspecting family ... An exposé jam-packed with love, lust, debauchery and greed unfolds when disease collides with healthcare profiteers and physician indifference in Conversations for Paco. Inspired by a true account, Conversations for Paco juxtaposes the venerable institutions of medicine against the personal anguish of enigmatic disease as PACO and SARITA SÁNCHEZ battle Paco's mysterious illness and JUSTIN SUTHERLAND surmounts the unanticipated challenges of medical education. Two parts social criticism, one part medical suspense, it spins a thought provoking, yet spellbinding tale. What happens in the end will haunt you forever and force you to ask, "Can this really be?" Unfortunately, the painful truth is ... "Yes."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011543388
Publisher:	James Lenhart
Publication date:	10/03/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	421 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James G. Lenhart, MD, FAAFP, MPH

One of America's most accomplished family physicians, James Lenhart claims Montana as his birthplace. He was raised in Helena and received his early education from the University of Montana. He graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, took residency in Family Medicine at Brown University, and completed an academic medicine fellowship at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In 2010, James earned a Master's of Public Health from the University of Liverpool, England where he researched the social determinants of health and health policy. He Board Certified in Family Medicine in 1979 and Sports Medicine in 1999.

Dr. Lenhart holds the distinction of Fellow in the American Academy of Family Physicians and in 2007 was named Nevada's outstanding family doctor. In addition to many years in the private practice of medicine, Dr. Lenhart has held academic positions as full professor of Family Medicine at the University of Nevada, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Arizona. From 2007-2009, he served as Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Academic Affairs in the Nevada System of Higher Education. "Dr. Jim" hosted Dr. Jim's Healthline Today, KSNV Las Vegas' NBC affiliate health headline segment, which reached intermountain markets of over 3 million viewers and gained national exposure to the 37 million tourists who visited Las Vegas annually between 2010 and 2013. For his contributions to the advancement of Hispanic cultures, Dr. Lenhart was selected to The Latino American Who's Who in 2011. He now cares for the underserved in Tacoma and writes from his home overlooking Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in Gig Harbor, Washington.

Writing with unrelenting candor, Lenhart's fictional works are inspired by true stories and real life characters gathered from over 30 years of patient care, healthcare experiences and academic medical center rituals. Conversations for Paco is his debut novel.

James is married to his beloved wife Nancy and is the father of two grown children.

For more information, visit http://jameslenhart.net or www.facebook.com/drjimshealthline.