Le procès du Docteur Forrester

by Henry Denker

New York la nuit, les urgences d'un grand hôpital. Entre les cris, les larmes, les complications, un travail d'équilibriste et une cadence infernale pour la jeune Kate Forrester, seul médecin de garde. Soudain, le drame éclate, avec la mort imprévue, sans raison apparente, d'une jeune femme. Une malheureuse tragédie qui aurait dû en rester là, s'il ne s'était agi de Claudia Stuyvesant, la fille d'un magnat de la ville. La machine judiciaire se met alors en branle contre Kate, accusée de faute professionnelle. Les journaux crient au scandale, le corps médical se retranche derrière un silence indigné. Mais Kate est sûre d'elle, elle a fait tout ce qui était en son pouvoir cette nuit fatale. Reste à en convaincre le tribunal. Un homme décide de l'aider, un jeune avocat, brillant, passionné, Scott Van Cleve. Et l'enquête commence...

Genres: Fiction

411 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1992

Reviews

[Romina Krawczyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Describe tal cual lo que sufre un buen médico cuando es un don nadie, ante la acusación de un poderoso

[Nolan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s busier than usual in the emergency room at City Hospital the night 19-year-old Claudia Stuyvesant checks in with abdominal pain and vomiting. It’s busier than usual because the other doctor who is supposed to assist Dr. Kate Forrester has called in ill. As a result, Kate’s personal and professional resources are taxed heavily, but it’s clear that Kate is making solid decisions that will stand up to later scrutiny. That’s a good thing, because those decisions will be scrutinized heavily very soon, and they could cost Kate a career. Young Claudia dies, and it soon becomes apparent that she lied to Kate about her sexual activity, presumably because her mother was in the room.

Claudia’s overbearing obnoxious father, a wealthy member of the hospital’s board of directors, agrees to a settlement that essentially leaves the hospital undamaged, but he vows to go after Kate with everything he has. And indeed, he does.

As she prepares for her hearing before the state medical licensure board, crucial bits of evidence that will help Kate’s case disappears. Claudia’s chart is altered, and Kate can’t figure out who is doing this.

I really enjoyed the book. You believe Kate has done all the right things, and you’ll cheer for her young lawyer, but this is written with enough talent that you’ll have a kind of sinking feeling as the plot progresses, so water tight seems to be the evidence amassed against her.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a hectic night in the emergency room at City Hospital when 19-year-old Claudia Stuyvesant checks in with abdominal pain, nausea, fever and vomiting. Dr. Kate Forrester is the only doctor on duty. Claudia dies, not because of any neglect on Kate's part but Claudia's father is an obnoxious, very wealthy shaker and mover in New York City and serves on the hospital board. He goes after Kate's license.

I don't know the author's background but his medical knowledge seems up there with being a medical professional. The book was written in 1992, and reading it in 2023 all I kept thinking was the obnoxious father was modeled after Donald Trump. The Mr. Stuyvesant in the book had only one wife and one child but everything else was so Donald, real estate tycoon, wheeling and dealing with politicians, buying and trading favors, sense of entitlement.

Definitely a good read.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good mystery - did not want to put the book down

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to put down. Well written and fast paced.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I expected to. There were a couple things I didn’t care for…author seemed somewhat repetitive at times and for the first time that I can actually remember…I got very irritated with a main character about a dumb decision he made. Fortunately, I didn’t let it cloud my mind for too long. This is a book about a young doctor who is working the late shift in the emergency room of a large hospital in New York, and the medical hearing she had to go through because her teenage patient had died. This book, which was published 33 years ago, gives details of some of the same problems that ERs have today.

[Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

The content is engaging enough for a quick read!

[Thao Nguyen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cốt truyện thì hay nhưng mình không thích văn phong tác giả hoặc do dịch giả dịch. Câu chữ hơi cứng và ngắt quãng khiến mình đọc bị mệt

[Lenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book! Keeps you guessing all the way thru!

[gardienne_du_feu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Die Assistenzärztin Kate Forrester hat einen Horror-Nachtdienst erwischt. Ein Kollege ist krank, weshalb sie mit einer überquellenden Notaufnahme alleine ist. Herzinfarkte, ein misshandeltes Kind und schließlich eine junge Frau mit unklaren Symptomen, die plötzlich das Bewusstsein verliert und stirbt.

Deren Vater ist ein reicher und mächtiger Immobilienzar, der alles daransetzen will, seine Tochter zu rächen und Kate nicht nur zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen, sondern ihrer medizinischen Karriere ein sofortiges Ende zu bereiten.

Gemeinsam mit einem jungen Anwalt muss die am Boden zerstörte Kate an ihrer Verteidigung feilen und versuchen, irgendwie stichhaltiges Beweismaterial zu sammeln, das sie von Schuld und Versagen freisprechen würde. Doch oft genug stoßen die beiden dabei auf größten Widerstand …

Ein routinierter Medizin-/Gerichtskrimi, der durchschnittlich anfängt, mit einigen Klischees aufwartet und sich während der Verhandlungsszenen dann doch noch zu ordentlicher Spannung steigert.

Sehr ärgerlich ist die miserable Übersetzung, bei der anscheinend in keiner Weise medizinische Fachberatung stattgefunden hat und auch sonst einige Fehlgriffe in der Wortwahl zu beklagen sind.

Muss man nicht zwingend lesen, aber brauchbare Zwischendurchlektüre.

[Boots S · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young doctor and a young lawyer fight together to save the reputation of the doctor accused of neglect of her patient. Dr. Kate Forrester treated the 19-year old daughter of a wealthy tycoon in the emergency ward of a large city hospital. When the patient dies, a hearing is called. With the influence of the father's friends and co-horts some of the evidence goes missing and the two struggle to find redemption.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't like the author's style of writing: the sentence construction makes it feel as though the reader is being addressed as a child. However I read the book to the end because I really enjoyed the story. The plot was well created medically with the characters behaviour believable and the legal process fascinating.

[Avarill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Henry Denker keeps his reader hoping for justice to the end. Interesting are the medical terms & references. H. Denker has an indepth insight into the medical world & it's politics. His method of controlling & twisting circumstances to suit his characters is ingenious. Not a bad read at all.

[Elaine]

4
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[Margaret Boehm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story on power struggle and how a young doctor's lifetime dream was being destroyed.

[Pippa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Predictable, medically out of date, no real surprises throughout the book - a sitting on the beach read at best.

[Chris]

Ned. Titel: Dood door schuld

[Michaela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anfangs etwas zäh, aber dann hat es mir ght gefallen.

[Francisca Martins Gonzales · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fácil de ler, simples sem muitas descrições, vai directamente ao ponto. Muito bom para passar o tempo, sem muito mais que isso.