Waking Up Blind - Lawsuits Over Eye Surgery - Hardcover

Tom Harbin MD

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934938874 ISBN 13: 9781934938874

Publisher: Langdon Street Press (a division of Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc.), 2009

Synopsis

Imagine trusting a doctor--with the best reputation in the state--to do surgery on your eyes. Now imagine the worst of outcomes. Blindness in an eye that you learn, in fact, never needed surgery. And the medical center where you were treated is ignoring the problem.
  Waking Up Blind is the story of how an eye surgeon became the cause of an array of medical problems for his patients. It is also the story of how one of the nation's premier medical centers tried to conceal the growing scandal. The faculty who exposed the problems were punished. Official committees and the university leaders minimized the misconduct. Slowly, lawsuits and publicity brought some to light in bits and pieces.

With the use of court documents, transcripts of tape-recorded conversations, interviews, and personal observation, Dr. Tom Harbin presents this case from the very beginning, uncovering all levels of wrongdoing and secrecy. Waking Up Blind will shock the reader with its candid exploration of the dark side of medicine.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

“Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits over Eye Surgery is a riveting, true story that reads like a novel. While my novels deal with fictional medical disasters, Harbin spins a devastating, real-life account that will make the reader forever wary of the charming, super doctor.” —Robin Cook, Author of Coma and Outbreak 
“Waking Up Blind is an astonishing book of great courage and an even greater passion for seeking—and telling—the truth.” —Pat Conroy, Author of The Prince of Tides 
“This frightening story is the must-read book of the year. I simply could not put it down, then it stayed with me long after I had turned the last page.” —Cassandra King, Author of The Sunday Wife

About the Author:

Dr. Tom Harbin received his M.D. from Cornell University and trained in ophthalmology at the Wilmer Institute of Johns Hopkins. He has been practicing ophthalmology with a specialty in glaucoma for over thirty years and is a Clinical Professor Emeritus at Emory University. Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits over Eye Surgery is his first book. His second book, The Business Side of Medicine...What Medical Schools Don't Teach You, was published in 2013.
Dr. Harbin resides with his wife in Atlanta, Ga.

About this edition

• Publisher: Langdon Street Press (a division of Hillcrest Publishing Group, Inc.)
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934938874
• ISBN 13: 9781934938874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240