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DARK SIDE HOSPITAL IBD

IUNIVERSE
12 / 2004
9780595669684
Inglês

Sinopse

When Dr. Noah Spencer retires from private practice to accept a job offer from his longtime friend and protégé, Steve Nesbitt, Noah canâÇÖt begin to imagine whatâÇÖs ahead. In his new position as medical director of Salyer Medical Center, Noah discovers shocking irregularities in the hospitalâÇÖs quality-management reporting. And he finds SteveâÇÖs indifferent attitude toward below-standard performance to be unusual and disturbing.Unbeknownst to Noah, Steve has been fighting a losing battle with addiction. Steve becomes deeply indebted to a Mafia-owned casino and attempts to climb out of his cash-shortage quandary by accepting kickbacks. The fact that he is blatantly betraying his hospital weighs heavily on SteveâÇÖs mind. When he is pressured by the Mafia to participate in a money-laundering scheme, he decides to break his ties with them. Now privy to the illicit operation of the Mafia, Steve becomes a target for silencing.Although he cannot unravel the details, Noah has a strong suspicion that a link exists between SteveâÇÖs gambling problems and the quality issues at the hospital. Eager to help, Noah and his wife become embroiled in a sequence of events with Steve and his wife that threatens to entangle them in the FBIâÇÖs testosterone-driven investigation of a corrupt underworld organization.