Five Days at Memorial

Sheri Fink's Five Days at Memorial is a masterpiece of investigative journalism that separates truth from rumor, bringing an editorial voice and narrative power to a discussion of the issues surrounding end of life care. Through rigorous research, medical expertise, and compelling writing, Fink has pulled together all of the available data on this storm-ravaged hospital in post-Katrina New Orleans. Her work is deeply moving and uses the language of human rights to discuss the weighty and difficult ethical decisions that were made by hospital staff during those days after the rising floodwaters overwhelmed the city's infrastructure.