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The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide 37 reviews
Robert Jay Lifton
Basic Books, 2000
The Nazi Doctors
+ An Excellent Qualitative Study that Requires Courage
+ Disturbing and enlightening
+ Technical Expertise
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The First Patient 92 reviews
Michael Palmer
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008
The First Patient---Michael Palmer
+ Great read
Well written---even the descriptions, which I usually skip, but not in this books----a who-done-it---that doesn't reveal even a suspicion of the culprit until the last few pages!!!! Our book club loved it!!!
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Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account55 reviews
Dr. Miklos Nyiszli
Arcade Publishing, 1993
A MUST READ
+ Great read
+ Good Book
+ Scholars of the Holocaust should not miss this one.
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The Coma50 reviews
Alex Garland
Riverhead Trade, 2005
Garland's best work! A real piece of art
+ Some Existential Fun
+ A surreal, head spinning experience
Garland's other books were entertaining enough, but never stood out as being especially unique. This short novel with pictures won me over and convinced of what a talented writer Garland truly is. In this novel, told from the persective of a man in a dream-like state, Garland is able to replicate ...
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The Deadliest Strain14 reviews
Jan Coffey
Mira, 2008
Deadliest Strain
I thought the dynamics of the story line and its characters were fantastic and kept my interest throughout the book. I love medical mysteries and this one did not disappoint. Fascinating throughout.
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The Second Opinion 38 reviews
Michael Palmer
St. Martin's Press, 2009
Great Book
+ Another terrific book!
I thought this was among his better books. Very interesting, kept you guessing and the ending was definitely a surprise. Loved it!
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Deadly Errors14 reviews
Allen Wyler
Tor Books, 2008
Thoughts from another physician.
+ What Peter Benchley did for the open water...
+ Outstanding Debut
+ Vagas Dave is mistaken
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The Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident 43 reviews
Eleanor Druse
Hyperion, 2004
Do you hear the cry and the bell?
+ Kingdom Hospital: A Hospital on uneasy ground
+ A worthwhile read!
+ A supernatural mystery
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The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor35 reviews
Robert Marion
Harper Paperbacks, 2001
This ain't Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs or ER
+ Exactly as I expected
+ mm, Who are the real authors here?
+ Intern Blues
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Haunted Broughton: Tales From The Graveyard Shift
Margaret M. Langley
CreateSpace, 2009
Strange but true stories of ghostly happenings during the graveyard shift at Broughton Hospital, a 100-plus year old facility for mentally ill patients in Western North Carolina
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The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital151 reviews
Samuel Shem
Dell, 2003
Lay people; welcome to our world! Be afraid, very afraid!
+ Scary truth...
+ Interesting and troubling
+ great book
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The Jigsaw Man (Leisure Fiction)30 reviews
Gord Rollo
Leisure Books, 2008
What an interesting book.
+ Excellent Story
+ COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!!!!
This was such an amazingly interesting book. I cannot think of anything that was missing from this story. Rollo did such a good job luring us into this story from the very beginning. Throughout the story he builds suspense that just about makes us explode with curiosity as to what will happen ...
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The Cutting Season: A Xenon Pearl Martial Arts Thriller53 reviews
Arthur Rosenfeld
YMAA Publication Center, 2009
The Cutting Season Cuts Wide and Deep (Pun Intended)
+ A good story by an author that knows his background. but a little bit over the top.
+ The Cutting Season - a movie by Matt Damon?
+ This novel grew on me..
+ entertaining martial arts thriller
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The Inquisitor: A Medical Thriller10 reviews
Peter Clement
Fawcett, 2005
A pleasure
+ A flawed thriller
+ Great book
+ Very thrilling and a page turner but...
+ Being a Detective?
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Informed Consent: A Novel17 reviews
Sandra Glahn
David C. Cook, 2007
Great read !
+ Heart-pounding, heart-wrenching ...
+ Couldn't put it down!
+ Informed Consent
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terrO.R. - A Medical Liability Thriller (Fiction ?).51 reviews
Booklocker.com, 2007
A Stunning Ending We All Must Consider
+ FORT HOOD PROVED THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
+ Gas passing at its Best!
What a masterful plot! Dr. Joe Neuschatz has launched his writing career with an ingenious plot worthy of the best fiction writers.
The medical practice of Anesthesiology is often described as a thousand hours of boredom punctuated by five minutes of stark terror. Certainly that would fit ...
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You Morbid Westphal 12 reviews
Steven Rage
BookSurge Publishing, 2009
Attention All Film Makers! (And Non-Film Makers, Too!)
+ Fascinating and scary
+ The Reverend Rage Hath Come
+ You Morbid Westphal
+ Fuel yourself with RAGE
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3 BRUTAL BIBLE TALES, 2010
Please Note: Steven Rage's literary assaults contain graphic violence, illicit drug use, non-consensual extreme sex, and potentially offensive material given the religious references. Be forewarned! These Brutal Bible Tales are not for the faint of heart. NC-17. PART 3 ?The Dope Fiend?s Holy War? Synopsis: Immanuel the Christ has some nerve. Jonah has already lost everyone he loves to Pilate ...
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COMA52 reviews
Robin Cook
Signet, 2002
Medical thrillers
+ Thriller in real sense..
+ Read all of Crichton's novels? Try Cook.
Anyone who enjoys a good medical thriller should read this book. Robin Cook is a terrific writer and I would recommend reading all his books. He is my favorite writer. All his books are great reads.
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The Overton Window256 reviews
Glenn Beck
Threshold Editions, 2010
A Window of Opportunity
+ GREAT READ!!
+ The Overton Window
+ Too true!!!
+ Surprisingly good!
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