First, Do No Harm

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-rending questions about life and death.