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Crisis (Hardcover)

by Robin Cook (Author)
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Bestseller Cook's latest medical thriller focuses on a timely topic—the new and controversial "concierge" medicine that caters to the affluent willing and able to pay for special attention. When Patience Stanhope, a hypochondriac patient of Boston physician Craig Bowman, dies of a heart attack, her husband sues Bowman for malpractice. The suit alleges that the delay caused by Bowman's paying a house call instead of ordering Patience immediately to the hospital was fatal. After the trial gets off to a rocky start for Bowman, his wife calls in her brother, Dr. Jack Stapleton, a New York City medical examiner, who has appeared in Marker (2005) and other Cook novels. Some anomalies in the medical evidence lead Stapleton, who's worried about getting back to New York in time for his wedding, to attempt a rush autopsy of the dead woman. The choice to reveal early on that Bowman and Stapleton will become bitter enemies lessens the suspense, while at the climax Stapleton's failure to realize he can take a train or bus after he's missed the last shuttle back to New York will annoy some. Still, most readers should enjoy the ride. (July)
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Cook's newest medical mystery is as complicated as a sensitive surgery. New York doctor Jack Stapleton is a medical examiner, and Boston doctor Craig Bowman is a physician in a busy upscale practice. Craig needs Jack's help. He's made a mistake and now risks losing his reputation and license. Two main characters, countless minor ones, love interests, a continuous stream of medical cases, a trial, and personal problems . . . there's only one narrator who could pull it all off. It's George Guidall, who reads at a fast clip, differentiating characters with a touch of nuance and intimating emotions with a subtlety of inflection that proves once again his mastery of the audio performance. S.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Crisis-A Medical Mystery That Targets Concierge Medicine, Jul 12 2009
The book starts off a bit slowly as Craig Bowman, a doctor with excellent clinical skills but poor bedside manner, loses a patient in his concierge medicine practice and gets sued. Dr. Bowman is accustomed to success and accolades and unravels under the implications of the lawsuit. He moves back in with his wife Alexis whose brother, Jack, is a medical examiner in New York. When Jack enters the story, the suspense and interest accelerate considerably. In a thriller/mystery such as this, not everything is as it seems to be as Jack digs through the layers to find out the truth. The book is a bit wordy but otherwise engaging. The courtroom scenes are especially well-done. The Griffon Trilogy: Part I
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3.0 out of 5 stars Read Not to Be Entertained, But to Learn, Dec 14 2007
This review is from: Crisis (Paperback)
Theres a lot to admire about the author. He started writing novels as a way of bringing medical issues into the public eye, and he still does that today. This 2006 novel introduces readers (well, Id never heard of it before) to concierge medicine, whichwell, read the book, and that should explain it. But this novel is more medico-legal than the authors previous medical thrillers. Im fascinated with all the medical issues the author explores, but purely as a reader I have trouble enjoying the characters and the writing. Though Dr Latasha Wylie is a gem. So I dont read these novels for entertainment: I read to learn, and Im very grateful to Dr Robin Cook for that.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Anatomy of a malpractice lawsuit!, Oct 21 2007
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Smithers, Canada) - See all my reviews
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Though I am not a fan of Robin Cook's fast-paced, suspenseful medical thrillers, I decided to give his latest a try, and was not disappointed. The story covers the intricate details of medical malpractice/wrongful death suit brought by the estate of Patience Stanhope against Dr. Craig Bowman, an internist and concierge doctor in the Boston area. There are plenty of conceivable twists and turns in the plot as Dr. Bowman fights to save his professional reputation. Everything seems stacked against him until a medical expert appears on the scene. Halfway through the book, a Dr. Jack Stapleton, a prominent New York City medical examiner and Craig's brother-in-law, starts his own investigation of the circumstances surrounding Patience's death, and all of a sudden the whole direction of the story changes. In typical Cook style, the novel is loaded with medical terminology and legal jargon, all effectively used to describe the unfolding search for clues and evidence. The actions and motives of the main characters like Bowman and Stapleton, on the whole, are well developed and plausible. I had no problems initially understanding why Bowman was under a lot of pressure after he was served with court papers. At this point, the reader might be very sympathetic to his plight. What surprised me was that Bowman has another side to his life that the author gradually and cleverly exposes through the actions of someone who is wants to help him clear his name. What starts out as a civil action eventually becomes a criminal matter. Cook has produced a great page-turner with a superbly managed plotline. A long the way, he raises some ethical issues concerning the operation of concierge style medicine for the wealthy.
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