El desarrollo de una aplicaci n para el tel fono m vil capaz de diagnosticar y tratar cualquier dolencia que padezca el usuario podr a significar un enorme adelanto en la prevenci n y tratamiento de enfermedades, pero tambi n podr a prestarse a muchos abusos. George Wilson, residente de tercer a o de radiolog a, despierta una ma ana junto al cad ver de Kasey, su prometida. No tardar en averiguar que la joven, diab tica desde ni a, hab a participado en una serie de pruebas de una nov sima aplicaci n que est a punto de salir al mercado. Bautizada como iDoc y destinada a revolucionar la medicina del futuro, dicha tecnolog a aportar al m vil la capacidad de diagnosticar y tratar cualquier enfermedad. Es decir, optimizar resultados con menor coste y, por tanto, prescindir de los m dicos. Al fallecimiento de Kasey se sucede el de otros pacientes sometidos a la misma bater a de pruebas. Ante este descubrimiento, George decide violar la normativa del hospital y acceder a los ltimos estudios que le hab an realizado a su novia. Finalmente descubre que Kasey padec a c ncer de ovarios en fase avanzada y llega entonces a una conclusi n aterradora: alguien est manipulando los datos que maneja el iDoc y las consecuencias puedes ser terribles para millones de usuarios. Averiguar la verdad que se esconde tras esta novedosa aplicaci n podr a poner en peligro su vida personal y profesional. La cr tica ha dicho...
Robin Cook es el maestro del thriller m dico.
The New York Times Cook, el maestro del thriller m dico, combina temas controvertidos de investigaci n biom dica con preocupaciones ticas y suspense del mejor. Un thriller excelente para todo tipo de p blico.
Library Journal De actualidad a la vez que sorprendente... Cook se enfrenta a cuestiones m dicas y ticas muy serias.
Publishers Weekly Robin Cook demuestra de nuevo que es el maestro del thriller m dico.
Suspense Magazine English DescriptionGeorge Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. George's initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fianc e dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers--and that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he's right, the consequences could be lethal.
Robin Cook es el maestro del thriller m dico.
The New York Times Cook, el maestro del thriller m dico, combina temas controvertidos de investigaci n biom dica con preocupaciones ticas y suspense del mejor. Un thriller excelente para todo tipo de p blico.
Library Journal De actualidad a la vez que sorprendente... Cook se enfrenta a cuestiones m dicas y ticas muy serias.
Publishers Weekly Robin Cook demuestra de nuevo que es el maestro del thriller m dico.
Suspense Magazine English DescriptionGeorge Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. George's initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fianc e dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers--and that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he's right, the consequences could be lethal.
