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“Life and death in the critical first hours of a calamity typically hinged on the preparedness, resources, and abilities of those in the affected community with the power to help themselves and others in their vicinity. Those who did better were those who didn’t wait idly for help to arrive. In the end, with systems crashing and failing, what mattered most and had the greatest immediate effects were the actions and decisions made in the midst of a crisis by individuals.”
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
“But what does the “greatest good” mean when it comes to medicine? Is it the number of lives saved? Years of life saved? Best “quality” years of life saved? Or something else?”
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
“Sometimes the ethical—the most important ethical question sometimes is the one you ask not at the moment of crisis, but the duty you have to anticipate certain kinds of crises and avoid them.”
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
― Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Ronda’s 2024 Year in Books
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15 friends
341 books
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56 books
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