name: Michael           Palmer
birth_date: 1943-10-09 00:00:00
death_date: 2013-10-30 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.89
ratings_count: 84990
about: Michael Stephen Palmer, M.D., was an American physician and author. His novels are often referred to as medical thrillers. Some of his novels have made  The New York Times Best Seller list and have been translated into 35 languages. One, Extreme Measures (1991), was adopted into a 1996 film of the same name starring  Hugh Grant,  Sarah Jessica Parker, and  Gene Hackman. Michael Stephen Palmer, M.D., was an American physician and author. His novels are often referred to as medical thrillers. Some of his novels have made  The New York Times Best Seller list and have been translated into 35 languages. One, Extreme Measures (1991), was adopted into a 1996 film of the same name starring  Hugh Grant,  Sarah Jessica Parker, and  Gene Hackman. ...more