Hedley Thomas

Sick to Death (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an explosive account of gross malpractice, medical incompetence, and organisational cover-ups in an age of global healthcare. They called him Doctor Death. His patients suffered serious infections, internal bleeding from nicked arteries, and the mutilation of healthy organs - and they were the lucky ones. Dr Jayat Patel's reign of terror at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Australia should never have happened - he had already been banned from any surgical practice in the US. "Sick to Death" is an explosive account of how a life-threatening combination of a highly manipulative personality and a hospital administration happy to look the other way lead to the death of up to 87 people. After two years of professional incompetence and organizational cover-ups, a courageous nurse finally blew the whistle on the shocking atrocities. With its first-hand accounts and intelligent narrative, this is a compellingly shocking read.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Allen & Unwin
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781741159707
• Artikelnr.: 37963514

Autorenporträt

Hedley Thomas is a senior writer for The Australian. He excels in writing intensive investigative pieces, lengthy profiles and news articles. He broke the shocking story about Dr Jayant Patel's negligence at the Bundaberg Base Hospital. Hedley received his third Walkley award for this expose and received a special accolade, the Sir Keith Murdoch Award, from News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch as well as the 2005 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for work advancing public debate. Hedley's first Walkley was awarded in 1999 (with colleague Paul Whittaker) when he exposed the Net Bet affair, and his second was in 2003 for his feature article on fallen chief magistrate Di Fingleton. Hedley has had extensive international experience that has ranged from reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Romanian revolution and the first Gulf War, to six years spent with the South China Morning Post as a senior reporter, features writer and deputy features editor.