Life on the Brink
Life on the Brink
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler
This chapter explores the inferior care provided by the public hospital system to the poor, uneducated, and socially marginalized. It also looks at their ironic submissiveness to medical experts based on the latter's technical knowledge. It illustrates the condition of Mr. Wheeler, who believed that being identified as poor would cost him his life. It shows how Mr. Wheeler dealt with the bureaucracy of the public hospital system.
Keywords: inferior care, public hospital system, socially marginalized, submissiveness, bureaucracy, discontentment, Mr. Wheeler
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