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Jack Chase (Author)
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October 1, 1997
A young medical student notices that an exceptionally high number of terminally ill patients are dying of strikingly similar causes at the university hospital. When he launches his own investigation, he quickly finds his own credibility under fire--and his list of suspects growing. With a web of violence closing in around him, he must race to uncover the truth before his own life ends prematurely.

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About the Author

The medical career of physician-novelist Jack Chase has spanned the spectrum from laboratory research in molecular biology to clinical practice. He has served as attending physician on the infectious disease services of a number of medical schools and as director of clinical research for two multinational pharmaceutical companies. MORTALITY RATE and FATAL ANALYSIS were previously published in multiple languages in print editions and sold throughout the world. Both are now available for the first time in e-book and trade paperback formats. His new novel, THE MAGRUDER TRANSPLANT, is now also available in e-book and trade paperback formats. Jack Chase is married to New York Times bestselling novelist Katherine Stone. He is currently hard at work on his next medical novel. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Signet (October 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0451192117
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451192110
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,745,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The medical career of physician-novelist Jack Chase has spanned the spectrum from laboratory research in molecular biology to clinical practice. He has served as attending physician on the infectious disease services of a number of medical schools and as director of clinical research for two multinational pharmaceutical companies.

His first two novels, FATAL ANALYSIS and MORTALITY RATE, were published in multiple languages and sold throughout the world. Both are now available for the first time in e-book and trade paperback formats.

His wife is New York Times bestselling novelist Katherine Stone.

The official website of Jack Chase medical novels is www.medicalthriller.com

 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Medical Thriller, January 16, 2004
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A. Vegan (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mortality Rate (Paperback)
A young medical student notices that an excessively high number of terminally ill patients are dying of exceedingly similar causes at the University hospital. When he starts his own investigation, he quickly finds his credibility under fire and his list of suspects growing. With a web of violence closing in around him, he must race to uncover the truth before his own life ends prematurely. This wasn't a great medical thriller but it wasn't a bad book either.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good thriller, September 3, 1997
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This review is from: Mortality Rate (Paperback)
It is an honor for six medical students to be allowed to participate in Professor Arthur Law's twice monthly ethics seminar. At each session, a student discusses a case that he is involved with that either the cost in resources or time questions keeping the patient alive. The students debate the ethics surrounding each case and seek a consensus on how to resolve the debate. One of the attending students is Mac McCall, who slowly concludes that being a subject of these discussions might be hazardous to the life of the individual.

Mac has noticed that every recent patient discussed has died. he wonders if one of the group members is behind the sudden rash of deaths. When one of his peers, who was investigating the deaths, dies from an apparent suicide, Mac believes that a deliberate killer is on the loose. When someone tries to run him down, Mac knows beyond a shadow of doubt that his suspicions are real and he better do something about them if he wants to stay alive long enough to graduate.

Fans of medical thrillers will want to read Jack Chase's MORTALITY RATE. Although it is obvious from the beginning what is happening to the patients, it is the who and how that makes the novel extremely interesting. The answers are very frightening at what could potentially occur at a hospital as Mr. Chase gets the audience to question the ethics and practices of the medical establishment.

Harriet Klausner

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