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  <title><![CDATA[Critical Judgment]]></title>
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  <default_description>In the tiny town of Patience, California, newcomer Dr. Abby Dolan has noticed a frightening syndrome among her emergency room patients.&#160;&#160;It begins with a baffling, seemingly minor set of symptoms, but builds relentlessly until it plunges its victims into insane, murderous rages.&#160;&#160;As she searches for clues to this deadly mystery, Abby's superiors make it clear her probing is unwelcome.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Soon Abby will learn just how high the cost of the truth may be--and how far someone will go to keep a lethal secret.&#160;&#160;But she may not find the answer until it's too late to save her patients, her career...her life.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1996</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Palmer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the intrigue of this - some of the medical stuff was a bit complicated for me and some of the decisions weren't realistic.  (And I worked out the ending!)  I was keen to find out what happened next so I guess that means I got caught up in the story.  I've not read anything by this man befo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55579622">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great book. Kind of like something Robin Cook would write, about the medical field...mystery in the hospital. YIKES! Possible cadmium poisoning by a company that is making batteries &quot;up on the hill&quot; and seems to have the whole town &quot;in its pocket.&quot; ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very Good; Woman emergency doctor moves to small Ca. town with boyfriend and discovers testing of chemical weapons through MRI (author of Sisterhood)<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is my fav by Michael Palmer so far. although I've loved all of his books that I've read. He keeps me on my toes.. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When a big city doctor follows her lover to small town American, she soon discovers just what being in a small town means. No matter how great of a doctor she is, she must save face and try not to burst any of the egos. Very much out of her element she soon discovers that the entire town is involved...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24630395">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tried 2 different times to read this one.  Just kept getting lost in the medical jargon and found I didn't really care for the characters.  Not the book for me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A few pages into this one, I realized I had read it a long time ago.  Not worth re-reading.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As always, Mr. Palmer wrote a highly suspenseful and entertaining novel.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kept you guessing up to the end...I love those kinds of books.]]></body>
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