Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
2013·558 pages
Pulitzer-winning investigation of patient deaths, triage decisions, and ethical dilemmas at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina.
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Pulitzer-winning investigation of patient deaths, triage decisions, and ethical dilemmas at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina.
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One of the New York Times 's Best Ten Books of the Year Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Winner of the 2014 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Ridenhour Book Prize, the 2014 American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award (Public/Healthcare Consumers), a 2014 Science in Society Journalism Award, and the SIBA 2014 Book Award for Nonfiction An ALA Notable Book, finalist for the NYPL 2014 He...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Accounts of patient deaths via alleged lethal injections and crisis triage
Profanity
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Occasional strong language in quoted dialogue
Substance use
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Medical administration of morphine and other drugs; allegations of intentional overdoses
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ themes or characters depicted
Religious content
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Brief references to faith and clergy during crisis
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Examines healthcare rationing, disaster response failures, and end-of-life ethics
Self-harm / suicide
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Focus on allegations of hastened deaths by medical staff
Abuse & suffering
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Extensive suffering of patients and staff stranded without power or resources
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