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Five Patients

Five Patients

Biography & MemoirMedicine
Pages
272
Published
1970
Language
English

Synopsis

Step into the real-life drama of a major hospital's emergency room, as told by Michael Crichton. This book shares the true stories of five patients, from a construction worker's severe injury to a mother's life-threatening diagnosis. Experience the honesty, suspense, and technological detail that made Crichton's fiction bestsellers, now in a compelling account of medical reality.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

InformativeTenseComplex
Survival

Genres

Biography & Memoir Medicine

About the author

M
Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton (1942–2008) was an American author, screenwriter, film director and producer best known for science-based thrillers such as The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park and Timeline. He earned an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969 but pursued writing rather than practicing medicine. He directed several films, including Westworld (1973), and created the television series ER. More than a dozen of his novels have been adapted for film and television, and his books have sold over 200 m...