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Synopsis
Dr. Kim Reggis, one of the country's top cardiac surgeons, finds himself ill equipped to deal with a medical catastrophe involving his own daughter, Becky. Newly divorced, Kim takes Becky to her favorite fast-food restaurant on a special night out. The quintessential American meal of burgers and fries leads to tragedy. Over the following week Becky becomes gravely ill from E. coli bacterial poisoning.
Beginning with the initial emergency room visit, Kim is driven to distraction by the realities of current medicine. Already beaten down by the indignities of a major hospital merger and the subsequent loss of his departmental chairmanship, Kim collides head-on with cost-cutting rules that restrict his daughter's treatment.
Half crazed by grief, Kim launches himself on an inquiry to learn how and why his daughter got sick. The trail of deadly evidence of shoddy meat-industry practices and complicity stretches from the slaughter-house to the industry hierarchy to the USDA. Aided in his quest by his ex-wife, Tracy, and a young, idealistic USDA inspector, Kim ultimately learns the shocking truth - but the price may be his life and the lives of those he loves.
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'The master of the medical thriller' New York Times
About the Author
Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word ‘medical’ to the thriller genre, and over twenty years after the publication of his breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over twenty-seven international bestsellers, including Outbreak (1987), Terminal (1993), Contagion (1996), Chromosome 6 (1997), Foreign Body (2008), Intervention (2010) and most recently Cure (2011).
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Cuando el Dr. Kim Reggis, eminente cirujano cardiovascular, lleva a su hija Becky a cenar en un local de comida rapida, no sabe que pone en marcha una tragedia que marcara su vida para siempre. Esa noche, Becky resulta gravemente intoxicada con la bacteria e.coli. Al llevarla de urgencia a la guardia del hospital, Reggis se enfrenta con las realidades de la medicina actual donde, con tal de abaratar costos, nuevas regulaciones restringen el acceso a tratamientos que pueden salvar la vida de su hija. El estado de Becky empeora y Reggis no sabe que hacer para detener el avance inexorable del mal. Enloquecido, decide investigar las causas de la intoxicacion de su hija. Su busqueda lo lleva desde las sordidas practicas de los mataderos hasta las maniobras politicas de la industria de la carne y de los organismos estatales encargados de controlarla. Robin Cook, decano de los novelistas de suspenso medico, nos trae un thriller atrapante que es, ademas, un inquietante testimonio sobre la indefension del ciudadano comun ante los riesgos de la contaminacion de los alimentos. Seller Inventory # 00105867619
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Cuando el Dr. Kim Reggis, eminente cirujano cardiovascular, lleva a su hija Becky a cenar en un local de comida rapida, no sabe que pone en marcha una tragedia que marcara su vida para siempre. Esa noche, Becky resulta gravemente intoxicada con la bacteria e.coli. Al llevarla de urgencia a la guardia del hospital, Reggis se enfrenta con las realidades de la medicina actual donde, con tal de abaratar costos, nuevas regulaciones restringen el acceso a tratamientos que pueden salvar la vida de su hija. El estado de Becky empeora y Reggis no sabe que hacer para detener el avance inexorable del mal. Enloquecido, decide investigar las causas de la intoxicacion de su hija. Su busqueda lo lleva desde las sordidas practicas de los mataderos hasta las maniobras politicas de la industria de la carne y de los organismos estatales encargados de controlarla. Robin Cook, decano de los novelistas de suspenso medico, nos trae un thriller atrapante que es, ademas, un inquietante testimonio sobre la indefension del ciudadano comun ante los riesgos de la contaminacion de los alimentos. Seller Inventory # 00085264611
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