|
|
|
|
| Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
|
|
HomeShop at BookSurgePhilosophyEthics & Moral PhilosophyThe Hall Chair: A Satirical Novel on the Medical Malpractice Crisis in America |
|
|  |
| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 9 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
I loved it... Aug 27, 2006
By Robert P. Lynch MD
I read it in one sitting. I love Dr. Smythies' dry sense of satire and wit. Of course as a surgeon myself I have little compassion for malpractice plantif's attorneys. I also think it captures the esssence of a real looming crisis in health care. Coverage of America's ER's with professional American trained physicians in the needed specialties is alreaya problem in most smaller cities and will soom be a problem in our larger "trauma centers" as well.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Required reading for all physicians. Nov 25, 2006
By W. Stoddard
A perfectly rivoting tale presenting entwined threads of authentic operating room drama, action both humorous and tense, and the hair-raising ruthlessness of ambulance chasing trial lawyers scrapping amongst the ruins of thier client's lives. The readers will find themselves on the edge of their seat, replete with sweaty palms, elevated heart rate, dilated pupils and a stomach in knots as Dr. Montrose deftly places a silver clip on a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Imagine yourself waking up on an operating table finding all the surgical team rendered sensless by a shotgum blast that blew apart the anesthesia machine spraying the gases all around, and you with your brain exposed and your head locked in a clamp. Dr. Smythies describes the beauty of the human brain as seen through the surgical operating microscope, obviously he writes from extensive firsthand knowledge. The book leaves one wondering how in the world our society elevated the wolves of the courtroom so far above the healthcare workers that dedicate their lives to bringing those most obscure and cryptic lesions hidden in the human central nervous system into the light of day.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Fascinating and Frightening Nov 20, 2006
By Cathy B.
The Hall Chair by Christopher Smythies is a fascinating, informative, page-turner of a medical novel. It's frightening to learn how medical malpractice policies impact both physicians and patients.
 The Hall Chair Mar 21, 2010
By M. Groseclose
I thought it was a pretty fast read for over 500 pages. I didn't quite understand the satire in it. Some of the characters were a bit over the top, and it was hard to believe the surgery scenes. If this really happens in neuro surgery then we're all in trouble!
Outstanding book Mar 07, 2008
By Charles Spivak
"sleeper"
Dr. Smythies has written an outstanding book on the realities of how devastating frivolous lawsuits are on physicians. Any physician that has had to deal with the unfairness of a frivolous lawsuit will find the book therapeutic. I could not put this book down and finished it in two days staying up to 12:30 AM finishing it. Get this book ... you will love it. It would make a great movie. It is terrible when physicians get to the stage of their careers when they begin to look at their patients as potential plaintiffs instead of as fellow humans that are in need of the gifts that God gave them.
See all 9 customer reviews on Amazon.com
|
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
