Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Sheri Fink
This book by physician and reporter Sheri Fink explores the five days at Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina, where exhausted caregivers designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, health professionals faced criminal allegations for injecting patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. Through six years of reporting, Fink uncovers the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals America's ill-preparedness for large-scale disasters. Engrossing and thought-provoking, Five Days at Memorial offers a unique perspective on human nature in crisis.
Publish Date
2013-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
2013-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.93
ISBN
9780307718976
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2020-05-19T15:16:16.000Z
Just finished the astonishing book FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL, which shows people at their best and worst during catastrophe (in this case, Katrina). My takeaway: Nurses are heroes, corporate ownership of hospitals is horrible. – source