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The story unfolds in a large urban hospital where the pressures of profit, pharmaceutical influence, and the demands of medical practice collide. Chief pathologist Joe Pearson is called upon to deliver the final diagnosis for every case, a responsibility that tests his knowledge, ethics, and personal resolve. As patient outcomes and bureaucratic pressures heighten, Pearson confronts the dualities of medicine: the science of pathology and the humanity of those he serves. The novel examines the weight of responsibility and the costs of medical decision‑making.
First publish date: December 1, 1985
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Arthur Hailey
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