Quentin Young

The amazing tale of "County" is the story of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a "poor house" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been renowned as a teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. Ansell covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the "Final...

From its inception as a "poor house" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the health-care provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. County covers more than thirty years of its history, from the late 1970s, when the author began his internship, to the "final rounds," when the enormous, iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced and hundreds of former

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According to Lakota tradition, there are four parts of the soul: CekWa (twin) is the connection with nature, Naġi (the Guardian) is the aura or shadow, ToʹwakaG (the Advanced Guardian) resides at the top of the head, and the Niya (the Breath of Life) resides at the solar plexus. These soul connections are responsible for our intuition and can be used to gain spiritual understanding. Why does one seek Hanbleceya (Vision Quest) and how does it all...

In 1872 on the plains of Montana, a nine-year-old Lakota boy named Black Elk embarked on a journey to the spirit world. There he met the Six Grandfathers, recognized as the powers of the world, who revealed to him the fate of humanity. Quentin Young discusses his book, Mystic Visions: Black Elk's Great Vision Clarified, and presents an overview of Lakota traditions with respect to Black Elk's Great Vision and how this vision applies to the world as...