“Researched Death” by G.L. Barbour is now available for purchase
“The idea that such patients could be treated at home with a permanent intravenous access device conflicted with several ethical issues when the patient had, for instance, an infection in their heart valve because of their prior use of intravenous illegal drugs. Sending such patients home without scrutiny with an access device that would make their i.v. drug abuse easier is not condoned in the profession.”
– an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “Researched Death” by G.L. Barbour. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
The author, G.L. Barbour, is a retired academic physician in the Department of Veteran Affairs and at several medical schools in the South and Mid-Atlantic. He retired as a Professor of Medicine and Public Health. During that forty-year career, he published more than 50 scientific articles, edited journal issues, and authored two books and several chapters on healthcare quality and improvement.
Since his formal retirement, he has written seven novels; each is set in a fictional hospital and portrays common personnel and management issues that affect healthcare quality, with attention given to a method to address those issues and improve the quality of care. These issues are framed as part of the overall response to unexpected deaths while also providing insight into police procedures and approaches to puzzling medical circumstances.
“Researched Death” introduces a prominent surgeon at New City Hospital who undergoes serious upheaval in his life, losing a patient and his operating privileges and endangering the hospital’s accreditation and academic affiliation. When he also loses his research funding, he accuses his chairman and Tom Bolling, his chief of staff, of running his career. He storms out and goes missing.
When the head of research is murdered, suspicion falls on the missing surgeon. The bodies of other individuals who have troubled relations with the surgeon begin to pile up. The primary investigator, Detective Ron ‘Walker’ Looney, is a long-time friend of Tom Bolling. Together with a former medical examiner, they piece together a credible case against the missing surgeon. That case is blown apart when evidence proves otherwise.
When another attack occurs with no connection to the surgeon, the police get on the right track. They discover an assault is planned at the Great American Baseball Park; they must race against time to prevent a murder.
“Researched Death” by G.L. Barbour is now available for purchase via ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/researched-death.