When his mother commits suicide, Tom Redding discovers he has a long lost sister who cannot move or talk. Together they travel to their dead mother's isolated home where Tom hopes to Haunted by a terrifying spirit out of her graphic novel, a young artist struggles to overcome her psychosis before it destroys her. A psychological horror about a young woman coping with an unwanted pregnancy after moving into a seemingly haunted house.
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There, he uncovers long buried secrets and A horror junkie and his friends sign up with a company that brings their customer's greatest fears to life. While on her bachelorette party getaway, Casey, the bride to be, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect. After the trip, Casey discovers that everything can change with a single bite. The film centers on Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist who has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research for his new book.
Marcus interviews each patient, one by one the horrors theyve committed begin to unfold. Marcus soon learns that there is one patient who ties them all together - Sarah Pegram. Patient Seven has great actors, a good score and interesting dialogue. It delivers seven horror short stories that are never boring.
Unfortunately the film makers never went through the trouble of connecting those stories, offering closure to each of the patients, or even giving us a proper ending. Instead of reusing horror elements throughout the various plots, same monsters, same crimes they could have used the content to paint a bigger picture. In all, an opportunity wasted. I am giving "Patient Seven" 5 out of 10 stars.
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Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist who has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research What is Emily Mortimer Watching? Try to find to watch! The author seemed very intent on impressing the reader with his knowledge of medical procedures, unusual diseases or conditions, medications and hospital jargon. I never really felt like I got to know any of the characters in more than a superficial way. Also, I hope there is more fiction than fact in this world where the various layers of medical personnel are rude and contemptous of each other and where anyone with acess to meds and medical records can do pretty much anything that they want with a patient.
May 30, Atul Kumar rated it it was amazing Shelves: A great light hearted read delving into the nuiances of modern medicine. We see why an innocent medical student, Raj, get transformed into someone who is easily of doing the exact opposite of what his training is supposed to be about. While the book does technically contain 'seven' patients, they are all wound together in a complex story that takes the reader through a tour of what medicine is like from the eyes of a student and his practicing seniors, all the way from interns to professors of me A great light hearted read delving into the nuiances of modern medicine.
While the book does technically contain 'seven' patients, they are all wound together in a complex story that takes the reader through a tour of what medicine is like from the eyes of a student and his practicing seniors, all the way from interns to professors of medicine. The book reads so fast, I wish it was 'Fourteen Patients. View all 4 comments. Apr 01, Ash rated it liked it Recommends it for: This book was a fun read if you take it with a grain of salt.
This is fiction so it all comes from the imagination of the author. I did download this from the Kindle Lenders library thinking it was an account from an actual intern of life in an ER but once I began to read it I realized it was actually Fiction.
Once I was able to discern the credibility of the events and just enjoy some great stories, then the read was easy to comprehend. The prose was okay and the writing was so so, it read much This book was a fun read if you take it with a grain of salt. The prose was okay and the writing was so so, it read much like a tale around the campfire. If you can download it for free or purchase it at a used bookstore, then it is fun to read but I would not pay full price for this piece of fiction May 06, Debbie Young rated it liked it.
Being interested in medicine I enjoyed this book. There were numerous mis-spellings and grammar issues but it was easy enough to read through them. Oct 10, Nicole rated it liked it. I read this book years ago while working in the hospital and then just happened upon it again not realizing I'd already read it before. It was good enough to keep me entertained through a second reading. It was easy to read if you're okay with medical jargon, although there's a glossary in the back if you need help.
Really thought this book could have been real with all that hospital workers go through and how unsettling people can be. Jun 11, Kathryn Heathcote rated it really liked it. East style to read. Enjoyed the use of medical terms in conjunction with the different patients. Doubt it is a true story as the last one is a little too unbelievable but still a fun and quick read.
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Flojo y poco sorprendente. Oct 25, Carol Collins rated it did not like it Shelves: This book is a complete waste of time. Jul 23, Rachel Sue Collins rated it it was amazing. Read this and you will never view the medical world the same as you did prior to reading this book. Even as a retired nurse this read was an eye opener. Aug 16, Paula Hodges rated it it was amazing.
Very interesting to me. Jun 14, Jeanne Johnston rated it did not like it. I work in acute care and clearly need to broaden my horizons in my off hours, but I find myself wondering who else would really read this. It's not written for people who don't grok the terminology, unless they actually enjoy flipping to the dictionary every few lines.
Honestly, the dictionary entries threw me, too. I didn't understand when I came across the first underlined word and wasted 15 minutes trying to figure it out. Had my prefs reset themselves? I turned off the ones that show highlig I work in acute care and clearly need to broaden my horizons in my off hours, but I find myself wondering who else would really read this. I turned off the ones that show highlights and notes from other readers, yet there it was. Finally shrugged it off as an editing error, and then there was another.
Dang, all the medical terms were underlined, and if I accidentally swiped one as I turned a page, up popped the dictionary. Really annoying all around. Oddly enough, the first word he should have checked the dictionary for, he didn't. It means a portent, not a receptacle. I knew I was in trouble at that point, and there were just enough typos and odd word choices to keep reminding me of that.
Yes, you should write what you know, but you also need to write to the level of your audience. This reads like whining amongst med students. Intelligent, maybe, but in an awkward ESL delivery by someone who doesn't do small talk or fit in well. It might work as a blog, but relating a "fictitious" patient history isn't great literature.
It's not even great TV. That's why they add all that soap opera crap in between the medical stuff to hold people's interest--because regular people's eyes glaze over when you start expounding on things like Yankhauer tubes and necrotizing fasciitis. Granted, most dictations I hear are far worse than this and so it was a familiar read for me. However, that doesn't make it a great novel. I also have a problem with the frequency a mere MS is making huge decisions, including not just one but two executions.
I know exactly how inflated medical care is and why, and whilst I have no personal problem with assisted suicide per se, it is nevertheless illegal almost everywhere. That's why TV dramas tread lightly around the subject and most doctors don't just blab about how they might help ease someone over the edge when asked and NEVER talk about executing someone simply for being an arsehole.
A med student or nurse doing this? That's a bad Lifetime movie, dude. Like I said, I get the book, but I don't know that even getting an editor would make it literature. Even medical blogging has been done better see Dr. Doug's Placebo Journal, rectal X-rays included.
Apr 12, Judie rated it did not like it.
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It had an interesting premise: Raj, a medical student, telling of his experiences during his hospital rotation. He was assigned to several units during that time emergency, intensive care, surgery and each chapter was about an unusual medical case he worked with in that particular unit.
He provided a lot of information about what his schedule was like and the work that went on in those units. Unfortunately, he seems to be on an ego trip. In too many of them, especially at the beginning, he painted the nurses as being rude and incompetent. He used technical words and initials all the time. While there is a list of the acronyms at the end of the book, it got tiring having to check them out so frequently. Most were not that important to the plot. If the book was aimed to a general readership, their use was showing off. All the higher ups, the doctors and the Police Detective, liked him and confided in him almost immediately.
One patient, who had a critical condition brought on by the negligence of an incompetent nurse he never said what happened to her was in the hospital for several months. When he went to visit him after three months, the patient acted like he was his best friend. He did provide interesting information about homeless people coming to the hospital with phony complaints to take advantage of air conditioning, the cost of medical testing and when to order them, and the way some patients and their families treat the staff, though many of those were stereotypes and unbelievable.
To further add to my feeling that this book was an ego trip, the author reviewed it on Goodreads. He gave it five stars. This book was a free Amazon download. Jul 31, Tessa rated it it was ok. This book was mediocre. The writing was not very good, on par with a Dan Brown novel, as were the repetitive plot devices -- saying things like "little did I know Never once was I thinking about what could happen next, because it was all spelled out in a previous chapter. Even the supposed climax of the book was taken away, leaving me with a feeling of "Oh. Nothing was learn This book was mediocre.
Nothing was learned, just a few random stories and preachy commentary on the medical field. A lot of medical terminology was thrown in, to be expected, but made the novel more inaccessible to readers with no medical background. I have a little medical knowledge myself, but I still found myself looking up a few terms just so I could understand the point of the chapter. The stories of the seven patients were supposed to be held together by a first-year medical student. This was barely accomplished -- the stories were not intertwined at all, and the med student wasn't Nothing to like, nothing to hate.
The book attempted to show a progression of the main character from fresh-faced, caring, even naive med student to a jaded, indifferent one. All of a sudden his viewpoint changes, but it is not related to a patient's story at all. I guess it's implied that it is, but nothing explicitly correlating. All the reader sees is a commentary most probably already assume is true -- med students go from compassionate individuals to doctors who only see their patients as a collection of symptoms and sickness. It was impossible to relate to the patients, as they were described only superficially as well.
The last patient's story was particularly poorly written. This guy was a drug dealer, obviously with no medical background, but he would describe the pain he was in using clinical terms instead of something more believable for his character. I think with a good editor this book could have been entertaining and compelling. Recommendation for a book that does this well: Not exactly the same kind of story, but it has all the elements that "Seven Patients" lacked.
Aug 25, Jennifer rated it really liked it. When I first started reading this book, I wasn't sure what I was getting myself in to. I knew it involved a hospital and doctors. To be honest, I didn't even read the summary before clicking download. I chose it solely based upon the cover.
And might I say, it was a good choice. Rajen Mok is a third year medical student starting his hospital rotations. He is the bottom of the totem pole as far as doctors are concerned. He thinks he will mostly spend his time watching from a corner, trying to stay When I first started reading this book, I wasn't sure what I was getting myself in to. He thinks he will mostly spend his time watching from a corner, trying to stay out of everybody's way. Boy, is he wrong. Before you know it, he is flung into many bizarre and tragic cases, each with it's own ups and downs. Raj has to adjust to being face to face with cases that not many people could handle.
It gives him a real insight as to just how much a physician does in a hospital. With GOMER's, cops, and the absence of way too much flesh, Raj is pushed head first into extreme cases which not many medical students get to experience. You see the questions they face of ethics and struggles with getting too personal with a patient. I really loved the behind the scene angle of this book. It was in great detail, with realistic expectations the reader doesn't usually get from fiction.
I was disappointed that the book wasn't longer!
The outcome of seven patients with hereditary tyrosinemia type 1.
I wanted to keep reading more and more. If you enjoy medical reads, especially with unique and unusual cases, this is one you have to read.
Jan 26, Shadira rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: A page turning medical thriller,I would recommend this book to readers who work in the medical field. It's entertaining and also with the question how far would a doctor go when it comes to their patient-doctor relationship??!! I enjoyed reading this on my Kindle,although they are little flaws here and there in the book,the storyline just keeps you wanting more. They were vivid descriptions of the characters,and there's definitions for the medical terminology,which m A page turning medical thriller,I would recommend this book to readers who work in the medical field.
They were vivid descriptions of the characters,and there's definitions for the medical terminology,which makes this book even more interesting!! This book is a thing of beauty that will educate the reader in the intricacies of medical training as well as the internal intrigue we all suspect goes on behind the scenes of hospitals everywhere. Dejected, but fundamentally transformed through these episodes, Raj experiences the thrill of helping the next patient - a former surgeon, conquer cancer.
The remaining stories elucidate the simultaneous power and impotence that the medical system has over real lives. I am looking forward to reading more from Mr. Seven Patients by Atul Kumar is a medical thriller narrated by Raj Mok, a third-year medical student who is learning at a hospital. This is a work of fiction, kind of like a hospital TV show with a lot of drama and extreme cases. Basically, it's a collect of hospital horror stories.
I found it to be entertaining and thought provoking. Doctors have a lot of power! I read this on on my Kindle and it had a lot of medical terms that I was unfamiliar with which became a bit annoying; however, the ter Seven Patients by Atul Kumar is a medical thriller narrated by Raj Mok, a third-year medical student who is learning at a hospital.
I read this on on my Kindle and it had a lot of medical terms that I was unfamiliar with which became a bit annoying; however, the terms were usually explained. This book explores some ethical issues that doctors probably face. I was surprised this book got so many really negative reviews. If you are looking for great writing or good literature, this one is not it. However, if you love medical drama and want to get a feel what medical students go through, then I think you might enjoy this book if you can overlook poor editing.
May 31, Caroline rated it liked it Shelves: In his first year of clinical medicine, 3rd year medical student Raj shares his fears, excitement and tiredness with us. The world of practicing medicine is a far cry from the dry medical textbooks, as he experiences with seven patients he works most closely with. Definitely not a read for anyone squeamish by graphic descriptions of medical procedures and results of diseases and infections on patients. The In his first year of clinical medicine, 3rd year medical student Raj shares his fears, excitement and tiredness with us.
The author also raises a few ethical questions in patient treatment that I can see resulting in a long discussion during a book club. I wasn't sure about this book after being into it for 2 chapters, but gradually it drew me in and I became really interested in Raj's journey and the lives of these 7 patients. I'm glad I stuck with it because it turned out to be an interesting book, even though I could not really like Raj himself. Oct 09, Linda rated it it was ok. Many typos and repetitions. Rajen Mok is a medical student who seems to be in control of many situations that he should not be in control of.
His superiors seem to just hand him the reins and he does whatever he wants. Don't think I would want to be in this hospital. He seems to have a good bedside manner as he takes care of those who will die no matter what and those who may need or want a Many typos and repetitions. He seems to have a good bedside manner as he takes care of those who will die no matter what and those who may need or want a little help in that direction. Raj seems to understand that death is sometimes the best option. Having said all that, I want to caution any reader that there are scenes so disgusting that one will want to close their eyes to what they see in their minds.
Also there is a sexual act that is beyond depravity.