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Five Patients
Five Patients
Author: Michael Crichton
Five Patients is Michael Crichton's true account of the real life dramas so vividly portrayed in ER. A construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffold collapse; a middle-aged dispatcher is brougt in suffering from a fever that has reduced him to a delirious wreck; a young man nearly severs his hand in an accident; a mother of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780224619493
ISBN-10: 0224619497
Publication Date: 3/18/1971
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Jonathan Cape Children's Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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This is the book that the TV show ER was based off of.
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Nonfiction about 5 different patient's in a hospital being admitted through the ER.
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A great Medical Drama
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If you like medical suspense novels written by an M.D., this is a good one. The references are realistic from a medical perspective. Living in the Boston area, it was even more interesting due to the reference to Mass. General Hsp., and many Boston landmarks.
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This early work of Crichton's is a great dissection of an ER. If you're a fan of medical thrillers, check this out!
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Five not very interesting short stories.
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This book goes deep into the world of medicine and where it is going. I found it interesting, but also a little over my head at times.
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Once again non-fiction proves better than fiction. From the creator of ER, real live dramas. Another remarkable Michael Crichton book.


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