[Lucy Guerra]

1) The 60-minute show reference in the book portrays the nurses and doctors from Memorial as heroes. The interview convinced the court and the viewers that Pou and the rest were innocent. Foti and others disagreed with the outcome, but it was fair for everyone to hear Pou’s story and why they did what they did.

2) It was important that Fink included the high-profile murders and the murder rate in New Orleans because the legal system is messed up. Two famous murderers in New Orleans were not convicted due to insufficient evidence. Crimes in New Orleans are not dealt with correctly due to dysfunction in the district attorney’s office and police department.

3) The link to the episode is not working, but Boston Legal had an attorney, Alan Shore, side with Pou and the nurses in the book. He said that different norms applied to Katrina.

4) On pages 384-396, the historical perspectives are brought up. It’s surprising how far back the history of mercy killing vs. doctors goes. Factors that sway thinkers from one side to the other are based on culture, religion, and demographics. After reading chapters 384-396, there was very little perspective of the people who believe euthanizing doesn’t lead to mercy killing.

5) Dr. Pou’s attorney had difficulty finding valuable guidelines from the AMA on comfort care during disasters because there weren’t any guidelines at that time that matched the catastrophe of Katrina. Arthur Caplan thought the healthcare workers did not practice the guidelines for palliative care during the disaster.​​ The AMA created new guidelines during disasters to protect doctors from being accused of killing.

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