Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, [2013].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Forks - Nonfiction (Adult)
362.1109 FINK
1 available
362.1109 FINK
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult) | 362.1109 FINK | Checked Out | May 2, 2024 |
| Forks - Nonfiction (Adult) | 362.1109 FINK | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies.
Disaster medicine -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies.
Forensic pathology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies.
Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
Disaster medicine -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies.
Forensic pathology -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Case studies.
Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, [2013].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 558 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8.8, 30 Points
Level 8.8, 30 Points
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-542) and index.
Description
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.