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A hospital - the place where life begins and ends!

Change is in the air when the new chairman of the board sets out to modernize and expand "Three Counties" hospital in Burlington, Pennsylvania - once a reputable medical institution whose standards have declined. The energetic and ambitious surgeon Dr. Kent O'Donnell, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, agrees to lead and renovate the dilapidated and disorganized hospital.

Opposing him is the aging physician Joseph Pearson, chief pathologist. Once an excellent diagnostician, Pearson has fallen behind the latest advances in laboratory medicine. If the hospital decides to dismiss the arrogant pathologist, it risks losing the financial support of an important donor.

A classic novel of dramatic events of life and death in a major American hospital, written by the master of the clever plot, Arthur Hailey.