Friday, June 22, 2012

Diagnosis Death (Prescription for Trouble Series) / Richard L. Mabry, M. D. / 425 pages

Was Dr. Elena Gardner in danger?  Wasn't it ironic that her escape from danger hinged on a move to Dainger, Texas?  Her husband, Mark, died recently from the effects of a brain hemorage.  Elena had written a DNR order - a serious breach of protocal - as there was no hope of improvement.  She did not remember turning off his respirator, but it was believed she had done so.  Now she is receiving accusatory phone calls every Tuesday evening and notes in the mail.  In her final weeks of residency and faced with all Mark's medical bills, she leaps at an offer to cover Dr. Cathy Sewell's practice during her preganacy.  When a second patient's respirator is disconnected and someone signed Elena's name on the DNR order, Elena realizes that things are even worse than she thought.  Is her mother-in-law behind the late night calls & notes?

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