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“But what does the “greatest good” mean when it comes to medicine?”

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

December 18, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

I live in North Texas, so while my town was definitely not directly affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, I do vividly recall when it happened and remember a lot of the repercussions. I worked at an animal hospital at the time, and we had tons of new patients in the weeks after the hurricane. People who escaped prior to, or immediately after the flooding and needed things like heartworm prevention for their dogs, or vaccinations so they could kennel them somewhere while they put […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Sheri Fink

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:245 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Sheri Fink ·
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Natural Disaster, Unnatural Consequences in the Big Easy

May 3, 2017 by cheerbrarian 3 Comments

This is a book I wouldn’t have turned to, left to my own devices, but it was a favorite of the crew of my favorite literary podcast, “Literary Disco” so I filed it away and planned to check it out via audio.  Non-fiction is not my preferred genre, and for me is often a bit of a slog, so I figured the audio format would get me through it, and keep me honest and not skimming passages.  As it was I cranked it up to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Five Days at Memorial, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Sheri Fink

cheerbrarian's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Five Days at Memorial, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Sheri Fink ·
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What Do You Mean We Don’t Agree On How To Run Triage?

April 8, 2016 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

I have an interest in what happens in worst case scenarios. I find disaster documentaries fascinating. I don’t know what that says about me, but it does mean that books like Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital are up my alley. Following a glowing review from Lollygagger way back in Cannonball Read 6, I added Sheri Fink’s book to my to read list, and then kept pushing it farther down. Because even though this is an area of non-fiction that […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: faintingviolet, Five Days at Memorial, Hurricane Katrina, medical ethics, New Orleans, Sheri Fink

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:24 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: faintingviolet, Five Days at Memorial, Hurricane Katrina, medical ethics, New Orleans, Sheri Fink ·
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Yup, Hurricane Katrina Was Horrible

January 3, 2014 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

CN: Talk of disaster and euthanasia If you’ve read my previous reviews, you might recall that I work in emergency preparedness. This book was on my radar for 2014, and was lent to me by a coworker before I left work on New Year’s Eve. I spent most of my day off yesterday reading it, and finished it up walking to work and on my lunch break today. The book is nearly 500 pages long, so that should tell you about the quality of the […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: disaster, Sheri Fink

ASKReviews's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: disaster, Sheri Fink ·
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