All in Jest: Renowned Neurosurgeon in the Fight of Her Life

Carl Douglass

nov. de 2015 · Publication Consultants

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“It is really quite simple,” the renowned French Canadian expert on pituitary surgery began his answer. Neurosurgeon defendant Sybil Norcroft, M.D., F.A.C.S., PhD steeled herself to hear the description that could possibly spell the end of her rising career. Even a glance at the imperturbable face of her defense attorney failed to convey any calm to the roiling tempest in the surgeon's brain. Plaintiff's Attorney Paul Bel Geddes was the attack dog who declared a jihad against Dr. Norcroft in the Brendan McNeely malpractice case and hounded her then and afterward to the point of distraction. The case seared Sybil's soul because she had her own doubts about how and why the handsome young scion of the wealthiest family in the city had bled to death on her operating table. Bel Geddes could not let the animosity that was engendered by the McNeely case go, and he relentlessly pursued the famous woman neurosurgeon in a personal crusade. After years of harassment, Sybil Norcroft had had enough, and she applied her brilliant mind and her considerable resources to ending the war declared against her. The war was a classic example of uncivil justice both in and out of the courtroom. How the JEST comes about is worth the reading. The book is full of fun, humor, anger, fear, pathos, intense emotional conflict, and tense and riveting courtroom drama. There is a considerable amount of theater outside the courts as well. You will want to read it in one sitting and to pass it along to your family and friends the next day.

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Carl Douglass is a retired neurosurgeon who is no stranger to the world of medical malpractice described in this fictional account. All In Jest comes from the heat of his own experience of jousting with avaricious plaintiffs' attorneys. He now lives in peace, well away from that stressful arena. He and his wife enjoy a busy and active outdoors life in the rural setting of their home in the West. Dr. Douglass is the author of two other books of fiction: Last Phoenix and Saga of a Neurosurgeon, a Novel in Six Books. He spends his retirement years in a satisfying career of writing.