{"product_id":"five-days-at-memorial-life-and-death-in-a-storm-ravaged-hospital-9780307718976","title":"Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ - A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina--and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice--from a Pulitzer Prize-winning physician and reporter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a whodunit.\"--\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Days at Memorial\u003c\/i\u003e, the culmination of six years of reporting by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink, unspools the mystery, bringing us inside a hospital fighting for its life and into the most charged questions in health care: which patients should be prioritized, and can health care professionals ever be excused for hastening death? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTransforming our understanding of human nature in crisis, \u003ci\u003eFive Days at Memorial\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals how ill-prepared we are for large-scale disasters--and how we can do better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e- ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Entertainment Weekly, Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: National Book Critics Circle Award, J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, PEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize, Ridenhour Book Prize, American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award, National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheri Fink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307718976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e164626 \/ Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2016 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheri Fink\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFive Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a correspondent at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e where her and her colleagues' stories on the West Africa Ebola crisis were recognized with the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, the George Polk Award for health reporting, and the Overseas Press Club Hal Boyle Award. Her story \"The Deadly Choices at Memorial,\" co-published by \u003ci\u003eProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e received a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and a National Magazine Award for reporting. A former relief worker in disaster and conflict zones, Fink received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sheri Fink \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47280974758045,"sku":"9780307718976","price":39.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d8a995ea-9fb5-4c54-a242-50f9c55caa40.jpg?v=1759925237","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/five-days-at-memorial-life-and-death-in-a-storm-ravaged-hospital-9780307718976","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}