Böcker av M Clement Hall

If you have to have an operation you may have no choice about it. But most surgery is "elective" meaning you chose to have it. Often there is apprehension, sometimes fear amounting to a level of terror.In the opinion of the author, an experienced surgeon, fear can be greatly reduced if the patient knows what to expect, and can understand the processes passed through on the way to the actual operation, and what might be expected after the operation.The book is entirely "user friendly."

Describes the life of St Benedict, with the description of his Life by Saint Gregory, the poem of Mark and the Rule of Benedict.The origins and development of monasticism are outlined and the legacy of Benedict discussed.

An injured derelict receives inadequate attention and dies in Milltown Hospital. He's found to be a Federal agent The hospital will be forced to close unless their emergency surgical care is improved. Trauma surgeon, Simeon Macdonald, joins their staff. He performs a life-saving, damage control operation in the Emergency Department on a severely injured truck driver but is crudely criticized by the chief of surgery. The trucker recovers and then surprisingly dies, the cause of death is not established. At the inquest improprieties with the trucker's wife are implied, resulting in criticism of Simeon's personal behavior. Simeon's previously thriving practice falls off. Due to severely reduced income, Simeon's wife decides to return to her former work running her family owned exotic car salesroom. She complains bitterly she's "tied to a loser" and demands separation with double indemnity life insurance in her name. Simeon's nurse has an accident while driving his car, found to be sabotaged. Further attempts on Simeon's life and further law suits raise the questions: Who wants Simeon dead? Will he lose his license to practice? Why was the Federal agent killed? With a pistol tucked into his waistbelt, Simeon sets out to find the answers.