Foreign Body异物
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作者： 本社 编
出 版 社： 经济日报
出版时间： 2008-1-1字数：版次： 1页数： 436印刷时间： 2008/01/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780330463287包装： 平装内容简介
Jenniler Hernaudez is a fourlh-year medical sludenl al UCLA, jusl compleliug an eleclive in general surgery, whose world is shattered during a break in an olherwise ordinary day. While relaxing in lhe surgical lounge of LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, she hall-listens to a news report on medical tourism, al)oul First World citizens travelling Io Third World countries for surgery. Bul when she hears her I)elovee grandmother's name mentioned her hearl nearly stopS: the CNN reporter says Maria Suarez-Hernandez has died a day oiler undergoing a hip replacement in New Delhi's Queen Victoria Hospital.
Mafia raised Jennifer and tier brothers from infancy, and their bond was unshakable. Still, the news that Maria had travelled to India is a shock to Jennifer, until she realizes thai it was the only viable option for the hard-working yet uninsured woman. Devastated and desperate for answers, Jennifer tokes emergency leave from school and heeds to India, where relations with local officials go from sympathetic to sour as she presses for more information.
With the discovery of other unexplained deaths followed by hasty cremations, Jennifer eaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr Laurie Montgomery, who has her own connections with Maria.
With her husband, Dr Jack Slaplelon, Laurie rushes to the younger woman's side, discovering a sophisticated medical facility with little margin for error. As the death count grows, so do the questions, leading Laurie and Jennifer to unveil a sinister, multi-layered conspiracy of global proportions.
