A Devoted Doctor's Quest to Heal the Homeless
Meet a tireless physician who has spent nearly four decades caring for the unhoused population of Boston. We'll also learn about some of his enterprising and generous patients, who've formed a community that watches out for one another on the streets, as they find redemption and hope amid tragedy.
Guests: Jim O'Connell, MD, President of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Tracy Kidder, author of "Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People" and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Learn more about the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program: https://www.bhchp.org/about/our-mission-work/
Find a copy of Jim O'Connell and Tracy Kidder's book: https://www.tracykidder.com/books.html
Photo credit: Bill Brett
Originally aired May 10, 2023
2023-05-10
52 min
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