Lightning flowers : my journey to uncover the cost of saving a life
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Naples Library - Adult Nonfiction
610.28 STA
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610.28 STA
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Book
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vii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"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." -- Amazon.com.
Citations
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.
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. New York: Little, Brown Spark.
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 New York: Little, Brown Spark, 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, 2020.
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