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
- Fink 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. 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. Fink unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 921 pages (large print)
- Contents
-
- Deadly choices
- Reckoning
- Isbn
- 9781410466228
- 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
- 5 days at Memorial
- Subject
-
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- trueDisaster relief
- trueEuthanasia
- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies
- trueHistory Writing -- Natural Disasters and Tragedies
- trueHospitals
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- trueHurricanes
- Large type books
- trueMedical malpractice
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- trueSurvival (after hurricanes)
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana
- trueTrue Crime -- Investigations and Trials
- trueDeath
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fink 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. 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. Fink unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing
- Summary
- Reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina destroyed its generators to reveal how caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions without essential resources
- Award
-
- 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
- Awards note
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2013
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10192338
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fink, Sheri
- Dewey number
- 362.1109763/35
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RA975.D57
- LC item number
- F56 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- Disaster hospitals
- Disaster medicine
- Health facilities
- Forensic pathology
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Large type books
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Deadly choices -- Reckoning
- Control code
- 21039902
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 921 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410466228
- Isbn Type
- (large print : hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013040322
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 9781410466228
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn862928529
- (OCoLC)862928529
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital, Sheri Fink
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Deadly choices -- Reckoning
- Control code
- 21039902
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 921 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410466228
- Isbn Type
- (large print : hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013040322
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 9781410466228
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn862928529
- (OCoLC)862928529
Subject
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- trueDisaster relief
- trueEuthanasia
- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies
- trueHistory Writing -- Natural Disasters and Tragedies
- trueHospitals
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- trueHurricanes
- Large type books
- trueMedical malpractice
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- trueSurvival (after hurricanes)
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana
- trueTrue Crime -- Investigations and Trials
- trueDeath
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2013
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: General Nonfiction
- trueLukas Prize Project: J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: Current Interest
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2013
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2013
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- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2014
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
- Award
- J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, 2014.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books 2013
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- Award
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 2013.
- Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction, 2013.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2013
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