| Blind Eye: The Terrifying True Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder Contributor(s): Stewart, James B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684865637 ISBN-13: 9780684865638 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: The author of "Den of Thieves" traces the path of Michael Swango--who seemed a model young doctor until his patients began dying in suspicious circumstances. The doctor is thought by the FBI to be the most successful serial killer in the nation's history. Second serial to New York "Daily News". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Medical | Physicians - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99037044 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
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| Publisher Description: A medical thriller from Pulitzer Prize-winning author James B. Stewart about serial killer doctor Michael Swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. No one could believe that the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer. Wherever he was hired--in Ohio, Illinois, New York, South Dakota--Michael Swango at first seemed the model physician. Then his patients began dying under suspicious circumstances. At once a gripping read and a hard-hitting look at the inner workings of the American medical system, Blind Eye describes a professional hierarchy where doctors repeatedly accept the word of fellow physicians over that of nurses, hospital employees, and patients--even as horrible truths begin to emerge. With the prodigious investigative reporting that has defined his Pulitzer Prize-winning career, James B. Stewart has tracked down survivors, relatives of victims, and shaken coworkers to unearth the evidence that may finally lead to Swango's conviction. Combining meticulous research with spellbinding prose, Stewart has written a shocking chronicle of a psychopathic doctor and of the medical establishment that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stewart, James B.: - James B. Stewart is the author of Heart of a Soldier, the bestselling Blind Eye and Blood Sport, and the blockbuster Den of Thieves. A former Page-One editor at The Wall Street Journal, Stewart won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his reporting on the stock market crash and insider trading. He is a regular contributor to SmartMoney and The New Yorker. He lives in New York. |