- Crisis (novel)
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Crisis 
Author(s) Robin Cook Country United States Language English Genre(s) Medical novel Publisher Putnam Adult Publication date 2006 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN ISBN 0-399-15357-8 / ISBN 978-0-7394-7184-5 (USA edition) OCLC Number 67711541 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22 LC Classification PS3553.O5545 C75 2006 Preceded by Marker Followed by Critical Crisis is a medical thriller written by Dr. Robin Cook.
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Plot summary
When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who works continuously in the service of others, he endured grueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his office door open, he now provides the kind of medical care he is trained to do, lavishing twenty-four-hour availability and personalized attention on his handpicked patients. And at last, he is earning a significant income, no longer burdened by falling reimbursements from insurance companies.But this idyllic practice comes to a grinding halt one sunny afternoon-and gets much, much worse.
Enter Dr. Jack Stapleton, a medical examiner in New York City and Bowman's brother-in-law: Jack's sister Alexis-now Craig's estranged wife-tearfully begs for his help as her husband's trial drags on. Jack agrees to travel to Boston to offer his forensic services and expert witness experience to Craig's beleaguered defense attorney. But when Jack's irreverent suggestion to exhume the corpse to disprove the alleged malpractice is taken seriously, he opens a Pandora's box of trouble. As Craig Bowman's life and career are put on the line, Jack is on the verge of making a most unwelcome discovery of tremendous legal and medical significance-and there are people who will do anything to keep him from learning the truth.
Characters
- Craig Bowman: A devoted physician, who was involved in a medical lawsuit.
- Alexis: Craig Bowman's wife, a psychologist.
- Jack Stapleton: New York City's medical examiner, Alexis's brother, who lost his whole family in a plane crash.
- Tony Fasano: The advocate on plaintiff's part.
- Jordan Stanhope: The husband of Patience Stanhope who sues Dr.Craig Bowman in case of malpractice regarding the way his wife is treated.
Categories:- 2006 novels
- Novels by Robin Cook
- 21st-century American novels
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