Another Five Patients
This suspenseful story of medical fiction traces foreign medical graduate Dr. Kip Paiva, an emigrant and survivor of human trafficking in post-apartheid South Africa. Her refuge from a Zulu militant captor comes to an end, as his brutal violence has finally tracked her across the ocean. While her past catches up to her, Dr. Paiva also becomes the scapegoat of a malpractice suit. Frightened for her and her son's lives, Dr. Paiva begins a journey fueled by bottomless resiliency and a mother's love. Her story intertwines through five others, all riveting, and all taking place in the busy Spectrum General Hospital in New York. This microcosm illustrates larger aspects of modern medicine. Another Five Patients combines international intrigue and hospital politics with individual human stories involving hospital staff, patients, and their families. The result is a captivating experience that reminds us that, whether doctor, mother, or child, we are all people, with flaws and emotions in a world of uncertainty.
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Another Five Patients
This suspenseful story of medical fiction traces foreign medical graduate Dr. Kip Paiva, an emigrant and survivor of human trafficking in post-apartheid South Africa. Her refuge from a Zulu militant captor comes to an end, as his brutal violence has finally tracked her across the ocean. While her past catches up to her, Dr. Paiva also becomes the scapegoat of a malpractice suit. Frightened for her and her son's lives, Dr. Paiva begins a journey fueled by bottomless resiliency and a mother's love. Her story intertwines through five others, all riveting, and all taking place in the busy Spectrum General Hospital in New York. This microcosm illustrates larger aspects of modern medicine. Another Five Patients combines international intrigue and hospital politics with individual human stories involving hospital staff, patients, and their families. The result is a captivating experience that reminds us that, whether doctor, mother, or child, we are all people, with flaws and emotions in a world of uncertainty.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781732680852 |
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Publisher: | Melissa Crickard |
Publication date: | 08/01/2019 |
Pages: | 402 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d) |
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