Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder
In 1985, a young doctor named Michael Swango was convicted of poisoning five hospital co-workers in Illinois. Sentenced to five years in jail but paroled in 1987, Swango would work -- and kill -- within the medical community again, escaping detection until lying on a job application on Long...
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In 1985, a young doctor named Michael Swango was convicted of poisoning five hospital co-workers in Illinois. Sentenced to five years in jail but paroled in 1987, Swango would work -- and kill -- within the medical community again, escaping detection until lying on a job application on Long Island almost ten years later. His story is a show-stopper that will make any one who hears it think twice before trusting just anyone in a white lab coat.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780684854847 (0684854848)
ASIN: 684854848
Publish date: August 17th 1999
Publisher: Simon $ Schuster
Pages no: 334
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Medical,
Thriller,
Crime,
Biography Memoir,
True Crime,
True Story
As one might expect, the medical establishment has not been happy with this book. A quick look at Amazon.com reveals more than 70 customer reviews. Those with apparent ties to medicine look askance; those without medical affiliation loved the book although it terrified most readers, including ...
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