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A Case of Need is a medical thriller/mystery novel written by Michael Crichton, his fourth novel and the only under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson. It was first published in 1968 by The World Publishing Company (New York) and won an Edgar Award in 1969.
- Michael Crichton
- 1968
Feb 8, 2021 · A case of need by Hudson, Jeffrey, 1942-2008. Publication date 1995 Topics
- Rare Med Thriller from Crichton
- Abortion Is Main Theme
- The Perils of Illegality
- Why No More Med Mysteries?
It’s a medical thriller, written under single-use pseudonym Jeffery Hudson. Not as groundbreaking in style as “The Andromeda Strain,” it’s still better than most of his John Lange pulp novels, where we can tell he’s still learning the craft. “A Case of Need” is easily readable for a layperson as Crichton blends hardboiled writing principles with wh...
While the novel is not only about abortion, that is the major theme. So in the appendix, Crichton outlines six arguments for and against the procedure being legal. As we’d see whenever he tackles an issue in his SF novels, he presents an issue from all sides. He takes a side, but the reader is welcome to disagree. The personal bias I bring to a nov...
In the end, I am morally pro-life, but pro-choice in legal terms — which is how the phrase is always used. At a couple points, Crichton illustrates the opposite POV: people who are pro-life in legal terms despite being morally pro-choice. As he notes in the appendix, some doctors in 1968 oppose abortion becauseit’s illegal. One character in the sto...
Reading this medical mystery that flows so naturally from the author, I wondered why Crichton didn’t write more than one. (Granted, “Andromeda” and “The Terminal Man”had aspects of medical drama before Crichton fully embraced his techno-thriller-writer rep.) I thought maybe the screen became his outlet for straight med mysteries. But not really: He...
Apr 19, 2019 · A Case of Need is a 1969 novel by Jeffery Hudson, a pseudonym of Michael Crichton, about a doctor who investigates the death of a woman after an illegal abortion. The book explores the themes of abortion rights, hospital politics, and moral dilemmas in a realistic and suspenseful way.
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- Michael Crichton
Was someone in the great Boston medical center violating the Hippocratic oath? No one knows exactly...Only one doctor is willing to push his way through the mysterious maze of...
Summary. Was it murder? Was it horribly botched surgery - accidental malpractice? Was someone in the great Boston medical centre -violating the Hippocratic oath? No one knows exactly. . . Only one doctor is willing to push his way through the mysterious maze of hidden medical data and shocking secrets to learn the truth.
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