Lightning flowers : my journey to uncover the cost of saving a life
(Book)
Published
New York : Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316450362, 0316450367
Physical Desc
vii, 273 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Natick Bacon - Adult
300 SOCIAL SCIENCES STANDEFER
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300 SOCIAL SCIENCES STANDEFER
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Natick Bacon - Adult | 300 SOCIAL SCIENCES STANDEFER | On Shelf |
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Arlington - Adult | 610.28 STA | On Shelf |
Ashland - Adult | 362.175 STA | On Shelf |
Belmont Beech St. - Adult | 610.28 STA | Storage |
Brookline - Adult | 306.461 Standefer 2020 | On Shelf |
Cambridge - Adult | 681.761 Standefer | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780316450362, 0316450367
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Standefer, K. E. (2020). Lightning flowers: my journey to uncover the cost of saving a life (First edition.). Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Standefer, Katherine E., 1985-. 2020. Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life. Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Standefer, Katherine E., 1985-. Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Standefer, Katherine E. Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life First edition., Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
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