Synopsis
There are some jobs where mistakes don't matter - Chief Surgeon in a busy hospital isn't one of them.Thomas McIlheny is an impressive personality. an inspired administrator - and a doctor whose patients frequently fail to recover. When nursing staff begin to take note of his failure rate other consultants merely try to steer their patients away from the new chief.But not all doctors are willing to stand back and watch. McIIheny's subordinate, the brilliant surgeon Ann Payson. must place her career on the line to stop the butchery.EVIDENCEAn insider's thrilling drama of the cut-throat world of hospital power politics.
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From Publishers Weekly
Physician Ravin (M.D., Seven North, offers a convincing, provocative novel about the chaos that befalls a fictitious Washington, D.C., hospital when its newly appointed chief of surgery demonstrates gross incompetence. Ben Abrams, an efficient doctor with an engagingly flippant manner, enjoys his affiliation with St. George's University Hospital until the arrival of Dr. Tom McIlheny, a Harvard-educated surgeon, to head the hospital's surgical department. With increasing horror, Ben, his girlfriend, Dr. Ann Payson, and numerous others at St. George's realize that although McIlheny is fanatically attentive to minutiae, he often exhibits poor professional judgment that disastrously affects his patients. Despite widespread misgivings about McIlheny, staff members won't denounce him publicly because they fear reprisals, a situation that changes only after Ann is wrongfully suspended following a clash with him. Ravin presents a wealth of illuminating medical information as he explores the reluctance of some doctors to expose their inept colleagues.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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