Name: Coma (Mulholland Classic)
SKU: 48440532
Price: 762.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Robin Cook
ISBN: 9780316334464

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robin Cook

Publisher

Mulholland Books

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x14x2.8 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780316334464

Edition No.

N/A

Synopsis "Coma (Mulholland Classic) "

The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre--the medical thriller--is now available in trade paperback for the first time.They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others--all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures--were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table. They never woke up.Susan Wheeler is a third-year medical student working as a trainee at Boston Memorial Hospital. Two patients during her residency mysteriously go into comas immediately after their operations due to complications from anesthesia. Susan begins to investigate the causes behind both of these alarming comas and discovers the oxygen line in Operating Room 8 has been tampered with to induce carbon monoxide poisoning. Then Susan discovers the evil nature of the Jefferson Institute, an intensive care facility where patients are suspended from the ceiling and kept alive until they can be harvested for healthy organs. Is she a participant in--or a victim of--a large-scale black market dealing in human organs?

Robin Cook

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El doctor y escritor Robin Cook está considerado el creador del thriller médico y sigue siendo el novelista más importante del género. Es autor de más de treinta libros, todos grandes éxitos internacionales y traducidos a cuarenta idiomas. En sus novelas explora la implicación ética de los más actuales desarrollos médicos y biotécnicos. Cook no solo sabe cómo entretener a sus lectores, sino que a la vez alerta de cómo los adelantos de la medicina están en manos de grandes empresas cuya prioridad es siempre sacar el máximo beneficio. Muchas de sus novelas se han convertido en películas. Aparte de escribir, sus intereses son la arquitectura, el diseño de interiores, la restauración y el deporte. Actualmente vive entre Florida y New Hampshire.

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