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ER has become the most succesful television series in the world since CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Michael Crichton created the series from his own experiences as a medical doctor in the emergency rooms, operating rooms and wards of Massachusetts General Hospital. FIVE PATIENTS is Michael Crichton's true account of the real life dramas so vividly portrayed in ER. A construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffold collapse: a middle-aged despatcher is brought in suffering from a fever that has reduced him to a delirious wreck; a young man nearly severs his hand in an accident; an airline traveller suffers chest pains; a mother of three is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease.
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"Crichton writes superbly" (Chicago Tribune)
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ER is the most successful television series ever. Michael Crichton created the series from his own experiences as a medical doctor in the emergency rooms, operating rooms and wards of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Five Patients is Michael Crichton's true account of the real life dramas so vividly portrayed in ER. A construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffold collapse; a middle-aged dispatcher is brougt in suffering from a fever that has reduced him to a delirious wreck; a young man nearly severs his hand in an accident; a mother of three is diagnosed with a life threatening disease.
Written with the same honesty, suspense, technological detail and excitement that have made Jurassic Park and Airframe No.1 bestsellers worldwide, Five Patients is an unputdownable account of life as it really is in hospital.
Five Patients is Michael Crichton's true account of the real life dramas so vividly portrayed in ER. A construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffold collapse; a middle-aged dispatcher is brougt in suffering from a fever that has reduced him to a delirious wreck; a young man nearly severs his hand in an accident; a mother of three is diagnosed with a life threatening disease.
Written with the same honesty, suspense, technological detail and excitement that have made Jurassic Park and Airframe No.1 bestsellers worldwide, Five Patients is an unputdownable account of life as it really is in hospital.
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- PublisherCorgi Childrens
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0552091685
- ISBN 13 9780552091688
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. reprint. a second-hand copy showing some signs of handling and reading, but nonetheless sound and free of annotation. In each of the 5 cases presented in this book Dr Crichton shows the medical, surgical and technical skill needed to treat them, and sometimes save them, where previously they would have perished, and questions the financial profitability of hospitalisation today. Â rear panel blurb First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). XIV, 210 pages including bibliography, glossary, and commentary. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; ISBN: 0552091685. ISBN/EAN: 9780552091688. Inventory No: 0258490. Seller Inventory # 0258490
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