1-24-09 Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell - Fiction

5 - It's the "Sopranos" set in a hospital written by the people who do "Scrubs". The Doctor used to be a mob hitman who's now in the Witness Protection Program and he suddenly has a patient who knows who he is. So in the midst of running around trying to do his job, he is also trying to keep the mob guy alive because the mob guy decided to be smart and do an "in the event of my death" call to keep the hitman from whacking him. Mind you, the mob guy has a terminal disease and is in the hospital to undergo a surgery that has a 50% survival rate. Yup, smart. 'Beat the Reaper' is funny, full of action, and, while maybe not completely medically accurate (according to the author), makes you think twice about going to the hospital.