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Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital / Sheri Fink.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307718969
- ISBN: 0307718964
- Physical Description: xviii, 558 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
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| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-542) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Deadly choices -- Reckoning. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.8 30 164626. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | 362.11 FINK 2013 (Text) | 0001001889839 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
