Comments (26)

Five Days at Memorial

Life and Death in a Storm-ravaged Hospital
What did you think about this title?
1 to 25 of 26 items
Jan 25, 2024Nancy_l_brown rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book was soooo much better than the show, which added a lot of Hollywood drama to a story that already had plenty of drama. The public knows about the challenges of our healthcare system, but this demonstrated how fragile our…
Feb 27, 2023shannonlambie rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Gripping, well researched. Thoughtful.
Feb 10, 2023bethswygart rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As a healthcare employee it was fascinating to read a well written book about medical ethics. Fascinating to put yourself in the shoes of these medical teams
Jan 30, 2023
S&W suggestion
Aug 23, 2022CCPL_Aggie rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An absolutely gripping read about the horror experienced at New Orleans Memorial Medical Center during the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster. Sheri Fink's top notch reporting tells the tale of things gone wrong on every level. Five Days at…
Dec 15, 2021
Monica listed on fb
Dec 11, 2020joe_strnad rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fink's extensive research, post-Katrina, sheds some light on the allegations of euthanasia at New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center. She interviewed scores of doctors, nurses, and administrators to uncover the truth of what happened after…
Feb 19, 2018posie12 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
First reaction in a disaster is "DO SOMETHING". Sometimes it's hard to get it right. Second guessing is always easier.
Jan 26, 2018SherryNeufeld rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Heavy going at times.
Nov 05, 2017zipread rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
We expect to be gripped by books of fiction. We expect that they will leave us sitting at the edge of our chair, biting our nails, gripped by suspense. We hav to not expect this same degree of intensity in non-fiction books. But, non the…
Aug 03, 2017ArapahoeHollyR rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What happened to the most vulnerable populations during Hurricane Katrina? Fink offers one answer with this gripping narrative of impossible choices and tragedy at Memorial Hospital. Backed by impressive research and told from multiple…
Apr 06, 2017BUZZINGBEE rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A fascinating read from cover to cover, esp if you are in the health care and emergency services profession. Sheri Fink researched this book from all angles: the patient, their family, the healthcare providers, and the administrators. …
Jan 28, 2017Orcacreative rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
From my experience reading this book, it helps to read the last five pages first, to get a better sense of what motived the author. With that purpose in mind, all those dramatic sometimes heart wrenching events depicted will all seem to…
Oct 20, 2016JCLCaitlinP rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I found myself struggling with the moral questions these doctors and nurses faced, and even in my (comparatively) well rested and nourished state, I still don't know what I would have done. The situations depicted in this book continue to…
Aug 04, 2016
Very thick book but is brings the reader into the chaos and fast decision making the situation calls for. The end of life issues are also part of the book that are riveting in them selves.
Jun 21, 2015IV27HUjg rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Exceedingly long & redundant, but probably necessary to present the views/observations of each person involved. A good primer for disasters, what can happen & discussion about end of life issues. Makes one think of many angles to the…
Jul 26, 2014elenbook rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Read July 2014 Detailed, suspenseful
Jul 18, 2014
A patron review from the Adult Summer Game: "This is an intriguing investigative review of the events following Katrina at a city hospital in New Orleans. The first part of the book is a chronology of events as experienced by the health…
May 28, 2014ownedbydoxies rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Details the drama unfolding in a very unprepared (due mostly to costs and inaction) hospital during and after Katrina. Lots of incredible, hard-to-believe details about the lives of those trapped during the aftermath of the storm.
Printselectordude
Mar 12, 2014
I'm really glad to have read this. I would like to talk to every health professional who cares for me about it -- especially when I'm (eventually) getting long-term-care! I'd like every health pro in my city to have read it should a…
Jane60201
Jan 20, 2014Jane60201 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This very long book seemed sort of tedious in the first two hundred pages as everything was described in exhaustive detail. It picked up when the legal angles came into play and the points of view of the various parties were analyzed. The…
Jan 05, 2014suzannehb rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Is six stars possible as a rating for this book? I wish it were. The book is astounding. The research is astounding, the writing is near perfect in pace and tone, and the story is gripping. This is as good as non-fiction gets,
schuylerusername
Dec 28, 2013
Item returned to Euclid Public Library on Friday, 12/27/2013.
ksoles
Dec 23, 2013ksoles rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
With sophistication, meticulous detail and apparent effortlessness, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Sheri Fink has written a harrowing account of the events that unfolded at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during and after…
Nov 06, 2013MrFrida rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A very detailed presentation of what happened at the Memorial Medical Center with the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina. The ordeal presented many dilemmas to the staff involved and provides a forum to address critical issues especially …