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From the master of the medical thriller comes a gripping tale of a deadly epidemic fueled by sinister sabotage—a cautionary narrative for the millennium amid colliding health care giants. After losing his Midwestern ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical corporation and suffering a family tragedy due to a commuter airline crash, Dr. John Stapleton's life crumbles. Transitioning from a once-promising career to a jaded cynic, he retrains in forensic pathology and relocates to the cold, indifferent maze of New York City. Stapleton believes he has moved past pain, but a series of virulent illnesses, culminating in a deadly outbreak of a rare influenza strain, ignites his suspicions. The outbreaks are traced to hospitals and clinics controlled by the same corporation that took his practice, leading him to suspect a catastrophic conspiracy: could the for-profit giant be systematically eliminating its more costly patients? As he seeks the truth, Stapleton forms an unlikely partnership with Terese Hagen, an art director from a Madison Avenue advertising firm. Together, they uncover a Machiavellian plot behind the contagions that reveals even darker implications of managed health care, highlighting the risks faced by consumers in this new era.
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Contagion. A deadly epidemic... carefully engineered, Robin Cook
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robin Cook
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0330347551
- ISBN13
- 9780330347556
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Family, Suspense, USA, Relationships, Murders, American Literature, Death, Psychological Thrillers, Diseases, Investigation, Research, Viral Infections, COVID-19, Epidemic, Ophthalmology, Medical Thrillers, Contagion, Biological Weapons, Health Insurance
- First published
- 1987
- Original title
- Outbreak
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- From the master of the medical thriller comes a gripping tale of a deadly epidemic fueled by sinister sabotage—a cautionary narrative for the millennium amid colliding health care giants. After losing his Midwestern ophthalmology practice to a for-profit medical corporation and suffering a family tragedy due to a commuter airline crash, Dr. John Stapleton's life crumbles. Transitioning from a once-promising career to a jaded cynic, he retrains in forensic pathology and relocates to the cold, indifferent maze of New York City. Stapleton believes he has moved past pain, but a series of virulent illnesses, culminating in a deadly outbreak of a rare influenza strain, ignites his suspicions. The outbreaks are traced to hospitals and clinics controlled by the same corporation that took his practice, leading him to suspect a catastrophic conspiracy: could the for-profit giant be systematically eliminating its more costly patients? As he seeks the truth, Stapleton forms an unlikely partnership with Terese Hagen, an art director from a Madison Avenue advertising firm. Together, they uncover a Machiavellian plot behind the contagions that reveals even darker implications of managed health care, highlighting the risks faced by consumers in this new era.