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Robin Cook, the master of medical tales, produces yet another medical drama with Death Benefit. The book follows the life of the protagonist Pia Grazdani.
Pia is an exemplary medical student at Columbia University Medical Centre. She is ambitious and persistent, and aims to usher a whole new discovery by revolutionizing medical facilities and making replacement organs for critical patients with the help of her guide Dr. Rothman. The book details the reason behind her drive for this particular project and also throws light upon her dark and destructive childhood.
Parallel to this and as contrast to her research, another aspect of the story deals with two financial investors having come up with a scam that aims to trick aged people into buying financial policies. This will enable these investors to make money off the fatal illnesses that plague their customers.
Pia and her classmate, George Wilson, start investigating a tragic incident at the lab. Together, George and Pia are taken on a journey of a plethora of deaths. As they delve deeper into the mystery, the web gets even more complicated.
How are the investors benefiting from their customer’s health issues? How are they acquiring certain information about their customers? Pia finds the answers behind these questions and this trail of answers also leads her close to her disturbing past.
Death Benefit is a tale of greed, killings, medical malpractices, dramatic events and betrayal of family members. The book also contains many details about medical practices and practitioners, with Cook having been in contact with many physicians and surgeons himself as a medical student. His writings, therefore, evoke a sense of controversy.ISBN - 9780330523899
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Pages : 464
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