When a man dies during bypass surgery, Quincy discovers the operation was performed by a resident instead of the heart surgeon who was to do the procedure.
Dr Royce is a prominent heart surgeon, When a patient of the doctor's dies soon after surgery, his family ask for an autopsy. Quincy's shocked to find the man had not been operated on by Dr Royce, but rather an intern, a 'ghost doctor', where the patient isn't told in advance.. Quincy's angry about this, and sets out to hold doctors to the standards to which they swore an oath,—LA-Lawyer
After a life saving heart bypass operation Ted Markham's brother dies from complications. He is incensed that his brother died from what should have been a simple operation. He wants, and pays for, an autopsy from the Coroner's office and Quincy is given the job. When he has completed the autopsy Quincy believes that the eminent surgeon, Dr. Royce, who was supposed to have done the operation didn't really do it. He thinks that a practice known as 'ghosting' took place and that a young resident did the operation in his place.