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Summary: An excellent page-turner! And true. . .
Review: Blind Eye is a page-turning story, the scariest part of which is the fact that it is true. The lack of fail-safes and protections from dangerous, let alone incompetent, physicians in this country is frightening. (In fact, without revealing anything dramatic from the book, a striking fact is that the medical establishment in several African countries was more effective than in the U.S.)The only portion of the book which I felt to be lacking was the section on Dr. Swango's psychiatric profile. The analysis was somewhat simplistic, and left me with more questions than answers. I would have liked to see a more thorough discussion and diagnosis of his complex sociopathic character. Nevertheless, this is one of the best books I have read in a long time.
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Summary: Page Turner, but nto very well written
Review: This is a very interesting book, but Stewart isnt exactly a master of style. Still, worth the price--but i'd wait for paperback.
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Summary: Good but flawed
Review: I would have given this book 5 stars but for Mr. Stewart's bizarre obsession with the Vietnam war and the Phoenix program, neither of which had anything to do with Dr. Swango. The tortured effort to blame this sicko's childhood woes and later psychopatholgy on his father's military service is a pointless disgrace, and affects the credibility of the rest of the book. Mr. Stewart obviously has no understanding of matters military or the Vietnam War or veterans.
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Summary: Excellent reading, great detail
Review: Author James Stewart spent two years researching Dr. Michael Swango and his exploits from Quincy, IL to Zimbabwe. Stewart's attention to detail is compelling, to say the least. This Pulitzer prize winner leaves no stone unturned. While Swango has, thus far, avoided an actual murder charge in connection with many patient deaths Stewart makes a case for many of them, albeit circumstantial. One gets the feeling of the great need for protection from people like Swango. Stewart has some particularly good ideas in this regard as well. Highly recommended.
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Summary: i couldn't put this book down.
Review: a truly scary tale of the medical establishment gone very wrong. i hope i never get sick and need to go to the hospital again!
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Summary: A scathing account of our countries medical community.
Review: If nothing else this book should strongly urge the medical community to police it's own. Doctors and nurses are passed from one job to another, just to get them out of the first guys arena. Shame on them.
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Summary: Scary story of a physician psychopath
Review: As one who was in medical school at Ohio State during the time Michael Swango was an intern there, I was intrigued by this story. Although I never met Swango personally, the cast of characters at Ohio State was very familiar. It is most unfortunate that the hospitals in the various states where he trained did not collect the evidence to prosecute him. Although we cannot change the past, I'm afraid we will make a huge mistake in the near future by releasing him from prison. Let the public beware.
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Summary: A great book on a chilling case!
Review: Blind Eye will certainly change the view you view hospitals and the medical profession. Theis book is an exhaustive, well-researched treatise on the case of Dr. Michael Swango, who may be the most prolific murderer in United States history. It's a fascinating, well-written book.
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Summary: a real page-turner. brilliant!
Review: This is the most important story of unethical medical practices ever published, and it probably represents standard 'operating' procedure amongst medical administrators. Clearly, a part II is required.
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Summary: Wake-up call for the Medical System to change attitude
Review: It is valuable and fair book in exposing huge holes in the powerful medical system, in indicating that the system lacks checks and balances, and in pointing out as to how the system is unable to regulate itself. No question that Mr. Stewart proved himself to be great author and bold journalist by justly taking on the gigantic medical establishment. But the book did not go deeply enough in exposing the selection process in the medical education which Dr. Swango knew as an easy target to reentering the system. There are "unwritten rules" in the selection process stemming from business and political considerations as well as from ego and stereotyping mentality rather than from putting the patient care first. According to these rules US Medical Gratuates(USMGs) should be accepted into the system first without competing with the International Medical Gratuates(IMGs) whom are created by the medical establishment too. Since the positions outnumber the USMGs, almost all USMGs are accepted into the system. Please do not get me wrong, most of USMGs are excellent professionals, but we can not afford losing the competition process as a fundamental instrument in achieving excellence for the sake of patient care. The medical establishment should give up the protectionism mentality in utilizing the medical professionals. Our patients deserve the best qualified physicians even if the hospitals do not utilize the USGs from the affiliated us medical schools and colleges. Being USMG, Dr. Swango did not have to compete with thousands literally thousands of decent highly qualified IMGs. There are thousands of IMGs being waiting for years to get just the first chance let alone the second chance that Dr. Swango got in getting into the system, they are "the other victims" of the medical establishment and probably it is too late for them but more importantly it is never too late to prove the system wrong and to ask for change, thanks to "Blind Eye".
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