Coronary : a true story of medicine gone awry / Stephen Klaidman.

New York ; London : Scribner, [2007], ©2007.

viii, 303 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A historical precedent -- The city -- Old-west medicine -- A case of abandonment -- The outsider -- An error in judgment -- The investigation -- The investigation II -- Poor patient selection -- The raid -- Bad outcomes -- Preparing for battle -- The company -- The civil cases -- The intensivist -- "Qui tam" -- The townspeople and the fisher case -- The doctor, the priest, and the accountant -- A normal life -- The endgame -- The settlement.