The Final Diagnosis

From Airport to Wheels and from In High Places to Hotel, Arthur Hailey's incisive thrillers, set at the heart of the great institutions of the modern world, are unmatched for authenticity, power and human drama.The Final Diagnosis is a complex, tension-packed drama of a great hospital a world where one faulty diagnosis or one small error can precipitate irrevocable tragedy. In this enthralling novel, a young pathologist struggles to restore the standards of a hospital controlled by an ageing and once-brilliant doctor. We are silent witnesses to the action behind the reception area, the emergency rooms, to the hidden corridors of a world that the patient never sees. The Final Diagnosis, a tightly-written masterpiece with a compelling cast of characters, is Arthur Hailey writing at the very height of his powers.