Is Your HMO Killing You?: A Medical Thriller - Couverture souple

Rothstein, Stephen

 
9780595450701: Is Your HMO Killing You?: A Medical Thriller
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ISBN 10 : 0595450709 ISBN 13 : 9780595450701
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

What if your HMO came up with the perfect way to make money?What if it killed you?Tom Kanon is an international expert in nanotechnology who uses microbots to deliver healthcare directly to the organs and cells of the human body. He envisions a world where disease has been vanquished and designer robots police the human body. Microbots with specialized tools will remove cardiac plaque, carry hormones and enzymes where they are needed, and act as portable insulin pumps, miniature defibrillators, and pacemakers. Kanon's nanobot research soon attracts the attention of Jack Taylor, the CEO of Omni Health HMO. Taylor shrewdly woos Kanon into accepting a position as the head of the emergency room at Omni to tighten the company's stranglehold on the market. Kanon thought he knew everything about his field-until people start dying at his hospital and none of the other staff members care. As Tom struggles to find out why, he races against time to ensure the safety of his patients and loved ones against those who want them dead. But wanting to trust someone and knowing whom to trust are two very different things in the world of global corporate domination fueled by the bottom line.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What if your HMO came up with the perfect way to make money?What if it killed you?Tom Kanon is an international expert in nanotechnology who uses microbots to deliver healthcare directly to the organs and cells of the human body. He envisions a world where disease has been vanquished and designer robots police the human body. Microbots with specialized tools will remove cardiac plaque, carry hormones and enzymes where they are needed, and act as portable insulin pumps, miniature defibrillators, and pacemakers. Kanon's nanobot research soon attracts the attention of Jack Taylor, the CEO of Omni Health HMO. Taylor shrewdly woos Kanon into accepting a position as the head of the emergency room at Omni to tighten the company's stranglehold on the market. Kanon thought he knew everything about his field-until people start dying at his hospital and none of the other staff members care. As Tom struggles to find out why, he races against time to ensure the safety of his patients and loved ones against those who want them dead. But wanting to trust someone and knowing whom to trust are two very different things in the world of global corporate domination fueled by the bottom line.

Biographie de l'auteur

Stephen Rothstein, a doctor in New York City, has a passion for his work and for writing.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595450709
ISBN 13 
9780595450701
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
154
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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