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

by Sheri Fink

“Heal Frequently, Cure Sometimes, Comfort Always.”

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?

“Y’all going to get this done,” she told Wynn, “because you’re nurses.”