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It's a massive hospital space station on the Galactic rim--384 levels, a staff of thousands--where human and alien medicine meet. But Patient Hewlitt, new to Sector General, doesn't want to meet alien medicine--or alien doctors, or alien nurses, or aliens of any kind. Which is just too bad; he's an interesting case, and he'll have to get used to it. In the meantime, it's always been an article of faith among Sector General's multispecies staff that infections can't pass from one alien race to another. But in this season of anomalies, it looks like they might have their first-ever interstellar virus on their hands, their tentacles, their cilla.... Combining intrigue, ingenious puzzles (and even more ingenious solutions), action, adventure and White's characteristic easy charm, Final Diagnosis is a science-fiction treat.
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Is Final Diagnosis appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 12 and up.
A lighthearted science fiction medical mystery set on a multispecies space station. There is no graphic violence, language, or sexual content — the main tension comes from medical puzzles and a xenophobic patient adjusting to alien life.
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This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include chronic illness.
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Who'll love this
A clever, charming sci-fi mystery where doctors of every alien species race to solve an impossible medical case on a massive space hospital.