Sick to Death: A Manipulative Surgeon and a Healthy System in Crisis-a Disaster Waiting to Happen

About the author......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Overview of the health system in Queensland......Page 10
Prologue: The children......Page 13
PART ONE: CHAOS......Page 19
1 Happy days January 2002......Page 20
2 The shift January 2002......Page 25
3 We need help January 2002......Page 28
4 The nursing life......Page 31
5 Grim......Page 36
6 My brilliant career......Page 41
7 The web December 2002 to March 2003......Page 44
8 Flashback: a vicious cycle......Page 49
9 A new career March to June 2003......Page 56
10 Life and death April to June 2003......Page 62
11 Memory lane......Page 67
12 A tussle June and July 2003......Page 73
13 Wounded pride......Page 78
Sex, lies and Dr Qureshi August to December 2003......Page 84
15 Fortuitous......Page 87
16 Discredit November 2003......Page 98
17 Starting over......Page 102
18 Doctors\' germs Late 2003 to early 2004......Page 106
19 The messenger 18 March 2004......Page 113
20 The catalyst July 2004......Page 117
21 The stabbing Late July 2004......Page 122
22 Justice for Elise Late July 2004......Page 127
23 Suspicious minds Late July to October 2004......Page 138
24 The outpouring October to November 2004......Page 143
25 The bloodletting December 2004......Page 150
26 Life and limb Late December 2004 to January 2005......Page 157
27 Executive decisions 13-14 January 2005......Page 161
28 The investigation February to March 2005......Page 164
PART TWO: COVER IT UP......Page 171
29 Make or break 18 March 2005......Page 172
30 Political football 19-22 March 2005......Page 177
31 Natural justice 23 March 2005......Page 187
32 Damage control 24 March 2005......Page 193
33 Nagging doubts Good Friday, 25 March 2005......Page 201
34 Renewed interest 26 March 2005......Page 205
35 Time to go 26 March to 1 April 2005......Page 209
36 Calm before the storm Early April 2005......Page 213
37 What the...! 4-6 April 2005......Page 217
38 Grind them down 3pm, 7 April 2005......Page 222
39 Strange meetings 3.50pm, 7 April 2005......Page 228
40 Fluke 6pm, 7 April 2005......Page 233
41 Put it in writing 8 April 2005......Page 239
42 The backlash 8 April 2005......Page 244
43 Mind games 8 April 2005......Page 246
44 Strategy 9-10 April 2005......Page 251
45 Now they\'re talking 10 April 2005......Page 256
46 Sugar town 11 April 2005......Page 259
47 The penny drops Evening, 11 April 2005......Page 266
48 Close and personal 12 April 2005......Page 271
49 The bombshell 12 April 2005......Page 275
PART THREE: EXPOSED......Page 287
50 Shock 13 April 2005......Page 288
51 Split personality 14 April 2005......Page 291
52 Bloody mess 15-17 April 2005......Page 298
53 Legal games 18 April 2005......Page 304
54 The blowtorch 19 April 2005......Page 308
55 Ready, set, go Late April 2005......Page 316
56 Maintain the rage May 2005......Page 322
57 Fasten seatbelts 23-25 May 2005......Page 328
58 Human headlines 26 May to 3 June 2005......Page 331
59 Bring him back 9-11 June 2005......Page 338
60 Ego analysis 13-20 June 2005......Page 343
61 Wound feuds 20 June 2005......Page 352
62 Sound bites 20 June to 1 July 2005......Page 356
63 Kill it Early July 2005......Page 363
64 Payback July 2005......Page 366
65 On the bench Early August 2005......Page 376
66 Secrets and lies August 2005......Page 379
67 The long wait August 2005......Page 385
68 The doctors August 2005......Page 389
69 The collapse 1-2 September 2005......Page 397
70 Geoff Davies 8 September 2005......Page 402
71 Forensic scrutiny......Page 407
72 An ill wind 25-26 October 2005......Page 413
73 The findings Brisbane, 30 November 2005......Page 417
74 Dear Dr Patel, Portland, Oregon, July 2006......Page 423
Epilogue......Page 428
Endnotes......Page 433
Acknowledgements......Page 440