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Five Patients

The Hospital Explained

by Michael Crichton


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The Harvard-trained doctor and best-selling author documents the cases of five patients and the treatment they received.

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9780345354648
ISBN

Binding/Format

Paperback
Publisher

Ballantine Books
Date

1994
Price

$1.00
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9780394425085
ISBN

Binding/Format

Hardcover
Publisher

Random House Inc
Date

1970
Price

$1.00
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"Crichton has an extraordinary capacity to seize upon, then make real and personal, the new and the complex, the intriguing and the frighening."
THE NATION
In this incisive, detailed survey of five patients, famous thriller author and doctor Michael Crichton explores the dramatic workings of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston's oldest and most prestigious.
This readable account covers not only the history of the hospital's place in society, but also the actual minute-to-minute functions of Mass General, where health professionals wage their daily battle against disease and death. Crichton's insightful look at the changes in medicine and surgery caused by technological strides of recent years makes for amazing reading.

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