As a physician, I was sucked right into this book because of the medical accuracy (the author is a physician herself), the strong female protagonist, and the end-of-life issues.
Anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey realizes that elderly patients are dying at home days after minor surgery. And she provided anesthesia to several of them. The question remains, did they did of natural causes or some form of malpractice. She approaches her superiors and quickly learns that protecting the hospital is more important than searching out the causes of these deaths.
Euliano does a great job in upping Kate’s stakes. The woman has recently suffered a miscarriage, and now, with her beloved husband in a coma from a traumatic brain injury from an IED, there won’t be another child, at least not with him. Eventually, as she realizes that the deaths are due to a serial killer, she eventually has to choose which of her loved ones must be sacrificed and which she can save. on Kate. Or a serial killer? And why doesn’t anyone care? wants to know why, but her unorthodox investigation threatens her job, her family, and her very life. The stakes escalate to the breaking point when Kate, under violent duress, is forced to choose which of her loved ones to save—and which must be sacrificed.
This is a fast-paced medical drama that deals with end-of-life issues every physician—and every family—must deal with. Who should be saved? Who should be allowed to die? And who should play God?
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