Infección
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Abreu, Carlos, translator.
Plaza & Janés, publisher.
Published
Barcelona : Plaza & Janés, 2015.
ISBN
9788401015458, 8401015456
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Published
Barcelona : Plaza & Janés, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
425 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9788401015458, 8401015456

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Translation from English: Cell.
Description
George Wilson, residente de tercer año de radiología, despierta una mañana junto al cadáver de Kasey, su prometida. No tardará en averiguar que la joven, diabética desde niña, había participado en una serie de pruebas de una novísima aplicación que está a punto de salir al mercado. Bautizada como iDoc y destinada a revolucionar la medicina del futuro, dicha tecnología aportará al móvil la capacidad de diagnosticar y tratar cualquier enfermedad. Es decir, optimizar resultados con menor coste y, por tanto, prescindir de los médicos. Al fallecimiento de Kasey se sucede el de otros pacientes sometidos a la misma batería de pruebas. Ante este descubrimiento, George decide violar la normativa del hospital y acceder a los últimos estudios que le habían realizado a su novia. Finalmente descubre que Kasey padecía cáncer de ovarios en fase avanzada y llega entonces a una conclusión aterradora: alguien está manipulando los datos que maneja el iDoc y las consecuencias puedes ser terribles para millones de usuarios. Averiguar la verdad que se esconde tras esta novedosa aplicación podría poner en peligro su vida personal y profesional. --Page 4 of cover.
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George Wilson, M.D., a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. George's initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fiancée dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers and that the U.S. government is involved in a cover-up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if he's right, the consequences could be lethal. --Publisher.
Language
In Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cook, R., & Abreu, C. (2015). Infección (Primera edición.). Plaza & Janés.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cook, Robin, 1940- and Carlos, Abreu. 2015. Infección. Plaza & Janés.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cook, Robin, 1940- and Carlos, Abreu. Infección Plaza & Janés, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cook, Robin, and Carlos Abreu. Infección Primera edición., Plaza & Janés, 2015.

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