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Mindbend (1986)

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0451141083 (ISBN13: 9780451141088)
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English
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signet

Mindbend (1986) - Plot & Excerpts

Here is a medical thriller that will have you racing through the pages.The Schonbergs can't afford a baby. Adam is a third year medical student, and Jennifer is a professional dancer earning the income to put him through school. Her pregnancy is unplanned, and she considers terminating it, especially since Adam is not pleased. To earn needed money, Adam drops out of med school to work for Arolen, a giant drug company. He soon learns that Arolen owns Julian Clinic, a classy center that is drawing the best doctors away from their private practices. Jennifer's doctor, in fact, after attending an oceanic cruise sponsored by Arolen, immediately joins Julian Clinic's staff, so she follows him and marvels in her innocence at how his personality has changed. Through his sales position, Adam discovers how Arolen is intruding into the medical profession, with the goal of owning and controlling--through the use of drugs and surgery--every physician in the country. Before anyone will believe him, Adam must find the necessary proof to stop the travesty.The quarrel between Adam and Jennifer over her pregnancy drives much of the novel, and even though it adds tension to the story, I found the lack of communication between them tiresome. Also I felt that the ending takes on a tone different from the rest of the book. It is abrupt, with everything suddenly okay. The author, without having to explain, lets us reason out for ourselves how Adam and Jennifer eventually can afford and welcome a baby. Nevertheless, the story is an illustration that has completed its message. The main purpose of this novel is to call attention to the danger of allowing business to run the medical profession. Mindbend is a worse-case scenario that yells out its warning.

This book was completely underwhelming for me. Not one of the characters was even remotely like able. I actually contemplated not reading this book after the first chapter or two, but I persisted. Strangely enough, the book really didn't get much better, but for some reason I didn't want to put it down. I guess it was just curiosity about how this really predictable book would end. Every thing happened to help our "protagonist", and he caught every lucky break. I mean come on, our little medical student turned into a full blown Batman protege. My recommendation on this one: pass.

What do You think about Mindbend (1986)?

Adam Schonberg is an aspiring young doctor who is forced to drop out of medical school and take a job with Arelon - a pharmaceutical company - when his wife Jennifer becomes pregnant unexpectedly. Adam's new job with Arelon is extremely lucrative, and the company itself is gigantic with aspirations of ultimately dominating the medical field. He becomes suspicious of the company's practices when some of its physician employees begin to act strangely.Extremely worried about her pregnancy due to a family history of severe birth defects, Jennifer's gynecologist prescribes a morning sickness medication created by Arelon. The medication proves to be ineffective and potentially dangerous, and Adam demands that Jennifer stop taking it and change doctors. Their already strained relationship becomes hostile as Adam becomes increasingly more determined to discover Arelon's secrets; he begins an investigation into the company which reveals more than Adam could have ever even imagined. I must say that I enjoyed this book much more than I expected I would. Generally, I like Robin Cook as an author and have probably read about six or seven of his books in the past. However, occasionally I do have a little trouble getting into some of the plots of Robin Cook's books. I had no such trouble with Mindbend and I give this book an A+!
—Mary

I didn't like this medical thriller as much as I have liked Cook's other books. Adam Schonberg is a third-year medical student when his wife Jennifer becomes pregnant. Adam finds the loss of her income and the cost of an infant to be overwhelming; so he makes the decision to drop out of medical school and work as a salesman for a very powerful drug company Arolen Pharmaceuticals. Just how powerful its control over the medical field is, Adam is about to find out. When his own wife's pregnancy becomes threatened, Adam fights to save his family from evil even when threatened with violence himself. Very futuristic--not my usual genre. Most of the other Cook books I've read have a more contemporary setting. From the title I think you get the picture this one is about mind control. Though, like Cook's other books, there is a warning here about the control drug companies have over the medical field--just not to the extent of Arolen. It's scary to think the drug companies can present doctors with only the facts about their drugs that they want them to see; doctors need to do their homework.
—Kathy Schultz

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