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Rhodes enlists the aid of nurse Kelly Everson, Everson's widow, to gather the evidence he needs to clear himself. Dr. Rhodes combines sharp wits with good luck as he assumes a false identity to uncover details of the scheme that has caused his downfall.
Harmful Intent. A fugitive physician searches for evidence to overturn his murder conviction. Based on a novel by Robin Cook.
- John Patterson
- Mystery & Thriller
- Tim Matheson, Emma Samms, Robert Pastorelli
Jan 1, 1990 · Charged with malpractice, he is found guilty of harmful intent and reckless disregard for human life. To clear his name, Rhodes must follow a fugitive trail into the heart of medical nightmare. A trail that, for some, may end in suicide--and for others, in the most shocking conspiracy of our time... Genres ...
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Harmful Intent: Directed by John Patterson. With Tim Matheson, Emma Samms, Robert Pastorelli, Kurt Fuller. After a young mother dies on the operating room table during childbirth, Dr. Jeffrey Rhodes stands accused of giving her a lethal dose of anesthesia.
- (117)
- Thriller
- John Patterson
- 1993-12-14
Anyway, the plot is a follow: Tim Matheson's character, Dr. Rhodes is helping a woman deliver her child, when she suddenly dies as the cause of an overdose of painkiller or something, and then he is accused of involuntary manslaughter or fatal malpractice or whatever, but is convinced that he didn't do anything wrong and was framed somehow, and ...
The character of nurse Everson is not well developedbut provides Rhodes with someone to turn to as he tries to avoid the police. The romance that develops between them is all too predictable. Devlin O'Shea, the bounty hunter, complicates Rhodes's life by pursuing him after he jumps bail.
He infiltrates his old place of employment, visits the morgue and coroner, and even manages to have a corpse exhumed illegally—all while the police are searching for him. The character of nurse Everson is not well developed but provides Rhodes with someone to turn to as he tries to avoid the police.
