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Violence
Some
Deaths from disease; murder investigation
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Deliberately spread infectious disease; healthcare system as vehicle for murder
What this book is about
A Robin Cook medical thriller (1995) in which a series of patients at Manhattan General begin dying of an unusual infectious disease. Dr. Jack Stapleton, medical examiner, suspects that the outbreak is not natural — that it's being spread deliberately, connected to a hospital administration's HMO scheme. One of Cook's most chilling explorations of healthcare industry corruption.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Bioterrorism in healthcare setting
Disease deaths
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