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Rough sleepers : Dr. Jim O'Connell and his quest to create a community of care / Tracy Kidder.
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- ISBN: 9781984801432
- ISBN: 1984801430
- Physical Description: 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2023]
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| Subject: | O'Connell, James J. (James Joseph), 1948- Homeless persons > Services for > Massachusetts > Boston. Homeless persons > Care > Massachusetts > Boston. Homelessness > Massachusetts > Boston. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Orford Social Library | 362.5 | 34190000121631 | New items | Available | - |
Summary:
"When he graduated from Harvard Medical School, Jim O'Connell was asked by the medical school Dean to spend one year setting up a program to care for the homeless population in Boston. It became Jim O'Connell's life calling, to help people known as "rough sleepers." For the past three decades, Dr. O'Connell has run the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, which he helped to create. Affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital, the program includes clinics and a van on which Dr O'Connell and his staff ride through the Boston streets at night, offering outreach of medical care, socks, soup, and friendship to a marginalized community"--
