The Resource Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital, Sheri Fink
Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital, Sheri Fink
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- Summary
- Here the author, a physician and reporter provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. She reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. She unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, of a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing. In this book, she exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are in America for the impact of large-scale disasters, and how we can do better
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- xxvi, 565 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Contents
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- Deadly choices
- Reckoning
- Isbn
- 9780307718976
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
- Title
- Five days at Memorial
- Title remainder
- life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
- Statement of responsibility
- Sheri Fink
- Title variation
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- Life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
- 5 days at Memorial
- Subject
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- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- trueEuthanasia
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- trueDeath
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana
- trueDisaster relief
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- trueHurricanes
- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies
- trueTrue Crime -- Investigations and Trials
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies
- trueMedical malpractice
- trueSurvival (after hurricanes)
- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- trueHospitals
- trueHistory Writing -- Natural Disasters and Tragedies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Here the author, a physician and reporter provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. She reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. She unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, of a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing. In this book, she exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are in America for the impact of large-scale disasters, and how we can do better
- Summary
- Through exhaustive interviews and extensive research, Fink offers a spellbinding account of Hurricane Katrina, a disaster which held the staff, patients and families of a New Orleans hospital captive and left thousands of others marooned by rising flood waters in the heart of city. Filled with unforgettable life and death stories, Fink’s fine work of investigative journalism reads like a novel. The book causes you to rethink your opinions about end of life, do-not-resuscitate orders and medical ethics. -- Marilyn Sieb for LibraryReads
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2014
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
- J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, 2014.
- Library Journal Best Books 2013
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 2013.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction, 2013.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2013
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- 10192338
- Cataloging source
- TWTCL
- Dewey number
- 362
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 18-
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- adult
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- life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital, Sheri Fink
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- Deadly choices -- Reckoning
- Control code
- 21095994
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- xxvi, 565 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307718976
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn964625184
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital, Sheri Fink
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Deadly choices -- Reckoning
- Control code
- 21095994
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Extent
- xxvi, 565 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307718976
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn964625184
Subject
- trueDeath
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- trueDisaster relief
- trueEuthanasia
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- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
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- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
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- trueMedical malpractice
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
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- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2013
- trueDisaster Response
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2013
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: Current Interest
- trueLukas Prize Project: J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: General Nonfiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2013
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