The Resource Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital], Sheri Fink, (sound recording)
Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital], Sheri Fink, (sound recording)
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The item Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital], Sheri Fink, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital], Sheri Fink, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Fink provides an investigation into the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, a gripping portrayal of unfolding calamity, vital choices and the suspenseful quest for truth and justice. She reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of the patients, doctors, rescue workers, nurses, and family members who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amidst chaos
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 14 audio discs (approximately 17 hr., 30 min.)
- Note
- Unabridged
- Isbn
- 9780804128117
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital]
- Title
- Five days at Memorial
- Title remainder
- [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital]
- Statement of responsibility
- Sheri Fink
- Subject
-
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fink provides an investigation into the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, a gripping portrayal of unfolding calamity, vital choices and the suspenseful quest for truth and justice. She reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of the patients, doctors, rescue workers, nurses, and family members who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amidst chaos
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fink, Sheri
- Dewey number
- 362.1109763/35
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- RA975.D57
- LC item number
- F56 2013ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Kirsten Potter
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- Disaster hospitals
- Disaster medicine
- Health facilities
- Forensic pathology
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- New Orleans (La.)
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital], Sheri Fink, (sound recording)
- Note
- Unabridged
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 14 audio discs (approximately 17 hr., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780804128117
- Isbn Type
- (Library ed.)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Note
- Set includes: 14 compact discs.
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- RHA 4245
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- ocn837141886
- (OCoLC)837141886
- System details
- Compact discs
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Five days at Memorial : [life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital], Sheri Fink, (sound recording)
- Note
- Unabridged
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 14 audio discs (approximately 17 hr., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780804128117
- Isbn Type
- (Library ed.)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Note
- Set includes: 14 compact discs.
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- RHA 4245
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- ocn837141886
- (OCoLC)837141886
- System details
- Compact discs
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Disaster medicine -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Forensic pathology -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Health facilities -- Louisiana -- Administration -- Case studies
- Disaster hospitals -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Case studies
- Memorial Medical Center (New Orleans, La.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
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