Cell
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A doctor's life gets turned upside by a dangerous new technology in this thought-provoking medical thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook.
George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc.
George’s initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fiancée dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test.
Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers—and that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he’s right, the consequences could be lethal.
Customer Reviews
Price
I saw the book for lest then $11.00 pocket book.
Cell
Interesting and scary scenario. Could it really happen. Possibly in theory. Good thought provoking read.
Too bad.
Great concept but the execution left a lot to be desired. Characters are flat and unsympathetic, and it's hard to believe that a presumably intelligent radiology resident could be so hopelessly naive. His fiancé is dead yet there is no anger at the injustice? Additionally, an abrupt ending that leaves the reader hanging, as if the author simply got tired of telling the story, makes for an overall disappointing read. It could have been great. But it wasn't.