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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Cooke, William (Physician), author.
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Cooke, William (Physician)
Rural health -- Indiana -- Austin.
Rural health services -- Indiana -- Austin.
Public health -- Indiana -- Austin.
Social medicine -- Indiana -- Austin.
HIV infections -- Indiana -- Austin.
Opioid abuse -- Indiana.
Physicians -- Indiana -- Austin -- Biography.
Physicians -- Religious life.
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Canary in the coal m...
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Canary in the coal mine : a forgotten rural community, a hidden epidemic, and a lone doctor battling for the life, health, and soul of the people / William Cooke, MD with Laura Ungar.
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Cooke, William (Physician), author.
Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale Momentum, the Tyndale nonfiction imprint, [2021]
Subjects
Cooke, William (Physician)
Rural health -- Indiana -- Austin.
Rural health services -- Indiana -- Austin.
Public health -- Indiana -- Austin.
Social medicine -- Indiana -- Austin.
HIV infections -- Indiana -- Austin.
Opioid abuse -- Indiana.
Physicians -- Indiana -- Austin -- Biography.
Physicians -- Religious life.
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9781496446480 (hardcover) :
1496446488 (hardcover) :
Description:
ix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Forged by fire -- Welcome to Little Hazard -- Blood and tears -- Too close to home -- Sharks in the water -- Forsaken -- Surrender in the Amazon -- Lessons not learned -- Scarlet letters -- Love versus fear -- The law of love -- Voices -- Any positive change -- The other side of Hell -- A broken ballerina -- Undone -- The tragedy of bias -- Stubborn roots -- A more excellent way -- Learning to thrive -- Golden scars -- Epilogue: Hope revealed.
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"One doctor's courageous fight to save a small town from a silent epidemic that threatened the community's future-and exposed a national health crisis. When Dr. Will Cooke, an idealistic young physician just out of medical training, set up practice in the small rural community of Austin, Indiana, he had no idea that much of the town was being torn apart by poverty, addiction, and life-threatening illnesses. But he soon found himself at the crossroads of two unprecedented health-care disasters: a national opioid epidemic and the worst drug-fueled HIV outbreak ever seen in rural America. Confronted with Austin's hidden secrets, Dr. Cooke decided he had to do something about them. In taking up the fight for Austin's people, however, he would have to battle some unanticipated foes: prejudice, political resistance, an entrenched bureaucracy-and the dark despair that threatened to overwhelm his own soul. Canary in the Coal Mine is a gripping account of the transformation of a man and his adopted community, a compelling and ultimately hopeful read in the vein of Hillbilly Elegy, Dreamland, and Educated"--
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Hawaii State Library
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