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From the master of the medical thriller comes a gripping tale of a deadly epidemic fueled by sinister sabotage—a cautionary narrative for the millennium amid colliding health care giants. After losing his Midwestern ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical corporation and suffering a family tragedy due to a commuter airline crash, Dr. John Stapleton's life crumbles. Transitioning from a once-promising career to a jaded cynic, he retrains in forensic pathology and relocates to the cold, indifferent maze of New York City. Stapleton believes he has moved past pain, but a series of virulent illnesses, culminating in a deadly outbreak of a rare influenza strain, ignites his suspicions. The outbreaks are traced to hospitals and clinics controlled by the same corporation that took his practice, leading him to suspect a catastrophic conspiracy: could the for-profit giant be systematically eliminating its more costly patients? As he seeks the truth, Stapleton forms an unlikely partnership with Terese Hagen, an art director from a Madison Avenue advertising firm. Together, they uncover a Machiavellian plot behind the contagions that reveals even darker implications of managed health care, highlighting the risks faced by consumers in this new era.
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Contagion. A deadly epidemic... carefully engineered, Robin Cook
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 1997
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- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Robin Cook
- Editorial
- Pan Books
- Publicado en
- 1997
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN10
- 0330347551
- ISBN13
- 9780330347556
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novela negra & Thriller, Thriller, Familia, Suspense, EE.UU., Relaciones, Asesinatos, Literatura americana, Muerte, Thrillers psicológicos, Enfermedades, Investigación criminal, Investigación, Infecciones Virales, COVID-19, Epidemia, Oftalmología, Thrillers Médicos, Infección, Armas biológicas, Seguro de salud
- Primera publicación
- 1987
- Título original
- Outbreak
- Calificación
- 4 de 5
- Descripción
- From the master of the medical thriller comes a gripping tale of a deadly epidemic fueled by sinister sabotage—a cautionary narrative for the millennium amid colliding health care giants. After losing his Midwestern ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical corporation and suffering a family tragedy due to a commuter airline crash, Dr. John Stapleton's life crumbles. Transitioning from a once-promising career to a jaded cynic, he retrains in forensic pathology and relocates to the cold, indifferent maze of New York City. Stapleton believes he has moved past pain, but a series of virulent illnesses, culminating in a deadly outbreak of a rare influenza strain, ignites his suspicions. The outbreaks are traced to hospitals and clinics controlled by the same corporation that took his practice, leading him to suspect a catastrophic conspiracy: could the for-profit giant be systematically eliminating its more costly patients? As he seeks the truth, Stapleton forms an unlikely partnership with Terese Hagen, an art director from a Madison Avenue advertising firm. Together, they uncover a Machiavellian plot behind the contagions that reveals even darker implications of managed health care, highlighting the risks faced by consumers in this new era.