Download or read book A History of the Present Illness written by Louise Aronson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen linked stories explore the marginalized humanity in communities, hospitals, and nursing homes in San Francisco, including an elderly Chinese immigrant who is forced to make a painful sacrifice and a young veteran whose injuries symbolize the restof his life.