Women in White

by Frank G. Slaughter

The unequaled behind-the-scenes insight, which has become Dr Frank Slaughter's trademark, makes all the more shattering the life-and-death drama of the men and women for whom there was no life beyond the world of Biscayne University Medical Center - dedicated professionals caught up in a kaleidoscope of crippling disease, community distrust, and the fluctuating chart of their own ambitions and ardent dreams.

Genres: Fiction, Medical

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Frank Gill Slaughter , pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C.V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies. His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor and his interest in history and the Bible. Through his novels, he often introduced readers to new findings in medical research and new medical technologies.

Slaughter was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Stephen Lucious Slaughter and Sarah "Sallie" Nicholson Gill. When he was about five years old, his family moved to a farm near Berea, North Carolina, which is west of Oxford, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree from Trinity College (now Duke University) at 17 and went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He began writing fiction in 1935 while a physician at Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.

Books by Slaughter include The Purple Quest, Surgeon, U.S.A., Epidemic! , Tomorrow's Miracle and The Scarlet Cord. Slaughter died May 17, 2001 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Reviews

[Nick Stewart · Rating 1 out of 5]

What kind of a hospital is this? The doctors spend more time in the operating room spouting medical jargon-gibberish and tending to patients than they do hitting the sheets and struggling with soapy personal problems.

[Carolina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Esta capa que parece vinda de um telefilme corresponde a um livro que é quase um telefilme. Fala dos dramas de um serviço de cardiologia de um hospital, com doentes famosos, doenças trágicas e muita paixão entre médicos e enfermeiras.

O livro é sobretudo interessante pelo conhecimento médico exposto, que me permitiu aprender algumas coisas. No entanto, todos os elementos de paixão, drama amoroso e tudo o mais, parecem não fazer parte da mesma história, sendo que os personagens não têm uma densidade suficiente para que sejam totalmente credíveis.

Para além disso, fez-me uma certa confusão que todas as doenças relatadas fossem casos de cardiologia. Como se não existissem outras especialidades médicas.

Ainda assim, é daqueles romances "facaealguidar" que me divertem imenso!

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this years later let me tell you! This takes place in my high school days. An old time woman's libber book with the now rare happy ending.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Glad I didn't work at that hospital

[Gloria Gna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aventuras y desventuras en un hospital en Miami. Hay muchos personajes entre médicos, enfermeras, pacientes, familiares de los pacientes y personal administrativo, pero sin duda los que se llevan la palma de memos son Ken y Rebeca con sus desencuentros propios de adolescentes. No he empatizado mucho con ninguno de los personajes, aunque Karen, autosuficiente y muy decidida, es el mejor.