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The Healers

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Have you ever read a book that you don't like at all and you can't stop reading it?
Well, this book is a story of three brothers that are MD, the big one make anything he wants, everybody loves him and everything that he does is always perfect (that story is pathetic).
The second brother nobody likes him he is always fighting with everybody but he wants to make good to all the people no matter if they have or don't money (this is the story that really counts and the one that make me read the book)
Their sister, just skip all the pages she is included, it doesn't say anything.
At first of the story you will think that this book will be about medical cases and corrupt doctors, but after 100 pages you will see that the book is the story of these three brothers and what is written of medical problems is minimum, so if you decide to read this book don't expect a medical book, expect a novel of a story of one selfish doctor, one regular doctor and the other one (the sister) just don't read it.

The Healers, by Gerald Green, a 500 page tome published in 1979, has been in my personal library for many years. It's a story beginning in 1950 centered around brothers, one an ambitious cardiologist who achieves the position of chief resident at his hospital and who has a penchant for beautiful women and the extravagant life style.

The other brother is perceived as an angry "loser", but becomes the doctor who would come to fight against poverty, disease, and corruption. His battle brings him to the point of exposing his own brother's corrupt hospital administration.

The sister of this medical dynasty is a psychologist whose ambition drives her into the field of network TV news where she becomes romantically involved with a married network VP.

An entertaining read for those drawn to the medical world.