Trauma

Trauma

Michael Palmer, 1942-2013

Book - 2015

"Dr. Carrie Bryant's four years as a neurosurgical resident at White Memorial Hospital have earned her the respect and admiration from peers and staff alike. When given the chance of performing her first unsupervised brain surgery, Carrie jumps at the opportunity. What should have been a routine, hours long operation, turns horribly wrong and jeopardizes her patient's life. Emotionally and physically drained, Carrie is rushed back to the OR to assist in a second surgery. There, she makes a careless and tragic mental error resulting in irreparable brain damage to her second patient. With her confidence shattered, Carrie quits her residency and moves back home where her younger brother, Adam, a combat vet suffering from debili...tating PTSD, also lives. When Carrie learns about an experimental program at the VA Medical Center exploring the use of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) that could forever cure the emotional and memory trauma of PTSD, it seems like a way back into medicine. Carrie is apprehensive, but a chance meeting with David Hoffman, a reporter for the Lowell Observer writing a story on PTSD, helps her overcome any hesitation. Her first surgery appears to be a success until her patient mysteriously vanishes. When a second patient also goes missing, Carrie employees the investigative skills of David, and together they descend into a labyrinth of murder and corruption. And the price Carrie might pay for asking the wrong questions could be her life. "--

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Women surgeons > Fiction.
Neurosurgeons > Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Treatment > Fiction.
Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction.
Medical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Genres
Medical fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press 2015.
Language
English
Main Author
Michael Palmer, 1942-2013 (-)
Other Authors
Daniel Palmer, 1962- (-)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
372 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN
9781250030894
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Review by Booklist Review

Dr. Carrie Bryant makes a mistake during a long brain operation that jeopardizes the life of her patient. She ends up resigning in disgrace and moves back home with her family, where she plans to assist in the care of her brother, a PTSD sufferer. When she learns of an experimental program that is trying to cure the symptoms of PTSD, she jumps in to assist with the study. At first, everything seems straightforward until her patients begin to disappear. Michael Palmer, a master of the medical thriller, developed the premise of this novel in the fall of 2013, right before he died suddenly. The novel has been capably completed by Michael's son, Daniel, also a thriller writer (Desperate, 2014). Although Daniel's own novels have focused on suburban intrigue, it appears from this fast-moving, nicely detailed story that he could easily carry on the family tradition of mainstream medical thrillers in the Robin Cook tradition.--Ayers, Jeff Copyright 2015 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In the less than successful final medical thriller from Michael Palmer (1942-2013), completed by his son Daniel Palmer (Desperate), an error by neurosurgeon Carrie Bryant harms a patient and leads to her resignation from Boston Community Hospital and her return to her parents' home in Hopkinton, Mass. Bryant gets an unusual second chance when Dr. Alistair Finley hires her with DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) funds for an experimental program using DBS (deep brain stimulation) to treat vets with PTSD. Bryant performs two successful operations, but both patients develop serious and unusual complications. When Bryant discovers that the two have been discharged from the hospital against medical advice, she and investigative reporter David Hoffman begin a search for them. Bryant's conviction that something is wrong is strengthened when attempts are made on her life, and she and Hoffman take a desperate chance to gain evidence. Fairly wooden characters and a plot that never develops much steam may disappoint fans of both authors. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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