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- Verlag: Simon & Schuster Audio; Auflage: Abridged (1. November 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0743532880
- ISBN-13: 978-0743532884
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,5 x 11,2 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (31 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.264.402 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Former romance author and medical doctor Tess Gerritsen is writing in a new genre: medical suspense. Advertised as her "first novel," Harvest jumped onto the New York Times bestseller list and thus legions of new fans were introduced to the work of this talented author. Gerritsen's second thriller, Life Support, is as moving as any of her romances. Dr. Toby Harper works the night shift in an emergency room. More comfortable with the steady horror and tedium of emergency care than with a normal lifestyle, Toby alienates herself socially from her peers and from her sister. She spends her daytime hours alone with her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. When elderly Alzheimer's patients from the same retirement home start dying mysteriously, Toby is the only one suspicious enough to investigate. As a result she finds herself, her mother, and her own sanity at risk.
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Brant Hill Clinic and Residential Care Facility houses wealthy elderly persons who want to find the fountain of youth. Coincidentally, the home-care aide for emergency room doctor Toby Harper's mother is an associate of researcher Carl Wallenberg, who, with fetal brain tissue implants, seeks the same spring. Toby herself eventually strikes most of the other characters in Gerritsen's cleverly developed thriller as paranoid (of course, she's not). The story leading to that suspicion opens in the ER with Toby's embarrassment when the son of a patient asks to see his father, present only a moment ago. Then two prostitutes give birth to ugly somethings, neither monsters nor tumors. There must be answers to these mysteries. Trying to find them, however, Toby and medical examiner Dan Dvorak nearly die as the trail winds to--ta-da!--Brant Hill. The second medical thriller from internist Gerritsen, who has ditched medicine for full-time writing, seems scarcely to need the aggressive marketing campaign scheduled for it. Reader word-of-mouth alone ought to move it. William Beatty
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Tess Gerritsen doesn't fall victim to the sophomore slump with her second medical thriller, Life Support. A peaceful evening in the ER is broken by the arrival of a delirious elderly man. Dr. Toby Harper does her best to treat the patient, but he mysteriously disappears from the hospital when left unattended. Toby searches for her lost patient and tries to determine the cause of his behavior when another patient with similar symptoms dies under her care. Her concern is deepened when the cause of the patient's death is determined to be Creutzfeldt- Jakob, or mad cow disease. Following this disclosure, Toby is beset by personal tragedies as someone is trying to prevent her from discovering the evil truth and unthinkable research responsible for this outbreak.
Life Support is a fast-paced medical mystery full of intrigue and suspense. The plot-driven story grabs the reader and never lets go. I couldn't put this book down. Gerritsen effectively uses medical terminology that's not over the average reader's
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I swear, if something ELSE wrong happened to this woman I was going to throw the book against the wall! For heaven's sake! I can't stand reading repeated angst and this book is chock full of it. Mom has Alzheimers, sisters don't get along, then everything bad happens. It was almost too much. The medical information was almost completely spot on (I caught one goof where she mistook an H&E stain for a PAS stain) and lots of fun to read, though. So, if you can stand a whole lot of angst in your medical thriller, go for it, she's still a lot of fun.
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Once upon a time Dr. Toby Morgan lived a calm, serene life even as she
worked on the over-night shift at the Springer Hospital Emergency Room.
Her tranquillity vanishes and she spirals into hell when she angers Dr.
Carl Wallenberg, a medical researcher, who is conducting experiments into
prolonging life at an expensive and exclusive senior citizen facility.
Toby had the temerity to override the egotistical doctor's orders. He
demanded that she return the body of one of his patients to the person's
family. Instead she maneuvered the medical examiner into conducting an
autopsy.
worked on the over-night shift at the Springer Hospital Emergency Room.
Her tranquillity vanishes and she spirals into hell when she angers Dr.
Carl Wallenberg, a medical researcher, who is conducting experiments into
prolonging life at an expensive and exclusive senior citizen facility.
Toby had the temerity to override the egotistical doctor's orders. He
demanded that she return the body of one of his patients to the person's
family. Instead she maneuvered the medical examiner into conducting an
autopsy.
The autopsy reveals that the deceased died from an extremely rare
illness that could only be contracted by direct contact of bodily fluids.
Toby believes that a previous patient, who mysteriously vanished into the
night, also carried the same illness. She begins to investigate, hoping to
abort an epidemic before it occurs. Instead, Toby discovers that illegal
use of fetal tissue gleaned from embryonic monsters are being used to treat
wealthy patrons. She also learns that her knowledge of the practice makes
her expendable by people who do not want their profitable business ended.
HARVEST was one of the top ten books of 1996, but LIFE SUPPORT is an
even better novel. Tess Gerritsen has created a medical thriller that
leaves readers with the creepy crawly feeling up and down their spines due
to its chilling realism. The implications are terrifying, leaving readers
to ponder what next after completing this pulse pounding, natural mescaline
like ride of a best selling novel.
Harriet Klausner
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Great medical thriller
This is what Mrs. Gerritsen does best. I love it when a book grips me like this! Well written, creepy and masterfully written. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Mai 2010 von CC7
Would fare better with fewer medical terms
Toby Harper is a doctor at a hospital. She usually works the night shift at the ER. One night the cops bring in a completely disoriented elderly man who unfortunately leaves again... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. März 2009 von Kurt Keller
Lebenserhaltende Maßnahmen
Als die Ärztin Dr. Toby Harper während einer Nachtschicht einen offensichtlich senilen alten Herren, der sich nach seiner Ergreifung durch die Polizei entkleidet hat,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 2008 von Mario Pf.
Good Book- Medical Thriller
I really thoroughly enjoyed this book. Toby was a good main character to the problems that were faced in the ER. It was interesting how dr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Mai 2000 von Meredith
useful book
it is really an useful book because iam a medical student, i get a lot of medical information from it.
Veröffentlicht am 19. März 2000 von Hind
Life Support
Life Support was a well written book that kept me on the edge of my seat. It also hit close to home. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Dezember 1999 von Suzanne
Good but depressing
Good book, but very depressing... It was better than Harvest, plot wise.
Veröffentlicht am 3. August 1999 von steph197@hotmail.com
Fascinating and Intense!
I enjoyed the book immensely and would not hesitate recommending it to others. I found it to be excellent. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Juli 1999 von cconrad@dart.org
If Only Dr. DiMatteo & Dr. Harper Could Have A Chat!!!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the heroine from Harvest could meet the star of Life Support for a cup of coffee. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Mai 1999 von Robert Derenthal
A GOOD READ
After the first 5 pages I`ve thought: I knew this book or I have read a book similar to this one - emergency room, heroic nurses and doctors and so on ... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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