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Lethal Practice (Mass Market Paperback)

by Peter Clement (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; Reissue edition (1 Jan 1920)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0449002810
  • ISBN-13: 978-0449002810
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 636,574 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Synopsis
Since emergency room doctor Earl Garnet knows how to insert a cardiac needle, he becomes a prime suspect when the chief administrator of Saint Paul's Hospital in Buffalo is murdered with a needle to the heart, and Earl's efforts to clear his name uncovera threatening conspiracy.

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Chilling "A fast-paced, engrossing Medical Thriller. An impressive debut." - John Saul New York Times bestselling author THE BLACK STONE CHRONICLES

"Thrilling medical suspense guaranteed to keep you rivited. Highly entertaining." - Stanley Pottinger New York Times bestselling author THE FOURTH PROCEDURE

"A single mysterious and grisly murder in the first chapter sustains this entire debut novel. The cardiac needle expertly plunged into the heart of Everett Kingsly, chief administrator of St. Paul's Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., puts top ER doctor, cardiac genius and the story's narrator Earl Garnet at the investigation's forefront. While a few subplots fill in the blanks, Clement doesn't make the mistake of substituting body count for narrative drive, the circumstances surrounding Kingsly's death and the motives floating around the hospital provide more than enough juice. Clement, a former ER physician, possesses punchy prose, medical know-how and a knack for quirky detils, and his hardened depiction of the realities of hospital administration is disturbing." Excerpt from Publisher's Weekly, July/97

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"A gripping story super-imposed on a very sophisticated medical background. Dr. Clement not only spins a great yarn, his medical background is vivid and accurate." - Isadore Rosenfeld, MD Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiology) Medical Commentator for NBC's Today Show Bestselling author of DR. ROSENFELD'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

"Rx: Use liberally when in need of a good read... Side effects: May cause engrossement, excitement, feeling of "being there" and occasional hilarity... Caution: May cause stiffness due to long periods of sitting turning pages. Please note: This is not an imitation. This is the REAL THING. Repeat: as often as you can! - Michel Tetreault, MD CCFP (EM) FRCP (C) Emergency Physician Former President Canadian and Quebec Associations of Emergency Physicians


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4.0 out of 5 stars Hospital phobics will really find this a terror trip!, 6 Mar 1998
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This book contains the standard medical plot-- this time, murder by cardiac needle and a full list of arrogant, stupid, or criminally inept doctors. It's unbelievable sometimes-- would a hospital really axe 100 hospital beds just to "save on water and laundry costs" without even knowing what those costs are? The really scary part of this medical thriller is... what if some of its plotline about emergency room treatment is really true? After all, the author is an EM doc and should know. Patients on "managed care" denied emergency treatment, shoved off on a gurney in a hall somewhere and left to die from lack of attention... one, lone resident guarding an ICU unit at night... ambulances continuing to drop off patients for whom there is no room... The medical plot might be chilling, but the ER itself will freeze you down to your bones. Don't go to a big-city ER room unless you've got "pay for service" care and a lot of courage.
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