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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
2 reviews
tjdewald's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.75
The story is good but the story is not one of the author’s. She is simply retelling what happened. It’s a fascinating story of ethics and disaster but it is so slow. I felt the ending in the epilogue could have been better. It didn’t feel “done”. I’m glad I read the book, learned about medical procedures in relation to disasters, and was able to ponder the ethical battle of medical assisted euthanasia. I would recommend this book to people who are genuinely interested in ethics, disaster research/response, and tough medical dilemmas.
Graphic: Vomit, Ableism, Blood, Death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Excrement, Fatphobia, Medical content, Cancer, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Body horror, Drug use, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Body shaming
sorayah11's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Not a perfect book and could be dry, but gave me lots of information on an event I hadn't heard about before. I'm hoping to start nursing school in March and this book made me think a lot about someone's life, the field of medicine, and the ways the two can mix. I've mostly seen medicine favorably and I appreciated this bringing up arguments on the other side of that.
Moderate: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Animal death, and Medical content
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Chronic illness, and War
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