Contagion

In a story of the dangers of managed health care, ophthalmologist-turned-forensic pathologist John Stapleton investigates a series of virulent and lethal illnesses targeting more costly patients of a giant for-profit medical conglomerate Dr. John Stapleton, who became a pathologist after he lost his job and his family, investigates a series of extremely lethal illnesses that seem to originate in hospitals owned by a giant medical corporation.-- (Source of description not identified) One of Cook's most successful - & timely - best-sellers. Contagion is a terrifying cautionary tale for the millennium as a deadly epidemic is spread not merely by microbes - but by sabotage. A forensic pathologist is suspicious of an outbreak of virulent and lethal diseases.