The Children Hospital in Oakland that is going against the McMath family doesn't think that the evidence
The Children Hospital in Oakland that is going against the McMath family doesn't think that the evidence
MOne normal, ordinary day, Natalia Bennett and four others were on their way home from a party in Austin, Texas a little after 4:00 in the morning. Jacqui Saburido had been sitting in the passenger seat next to Natalia. Reggie Stephey had been on his way home as well, but had been drinking. Reggie, only a mile away from his driveway, hit Natalia’s car head on. Natalia and one other died on the spot.…
Each case is unique and has its own details as to how the alleged incident came into play. Therefore, each case needs to be analyzed in detail and reviewed before deciding who is at fault and to what degree they deserve to be punished. In the situation of “The Case of Jeanette M. and the Phone Call” adapted from chapter one of “Medical Law and Ethics” written by Bonnie Fremgen, it describes a medical situation that resulted in the death of an elderly women. The ethical and or legal issues in…
This complaint concerns the criminal activities of Marcus Safadi, Registrar for Public Health England and Christopher Burke, former Director at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WPH), together with Josephine Archer, herself a former WPH Nurse, who forged both signatures of an elderly WPH patient on a Will they fabricated as they all sought to profit from her death. Weeks later, and under the pretence of suicide, they exploited her vulnerability by preventing her from receiving, timely, lifesaving treatment. Aware 'sedation without hydration' would end her life, they put her on the 'pathway to death'. When the terminal stage was taking too long, their accomplice, MSPB1 sufferer, Odette Kelly, maliciously tampered with…
A civil suit is commonly derived from a private party or individual, who alleges damages from duty of care. Once a civil case begins, it is the duty of the plaintiff to prove, with evidence, duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and damages. Conversely, the defendant must prove their affirmative defense against documented allegations. The Oliver versus Brock case proves the importance of supporting evidence as opposed to hearsay statements, to prove the truth of the matter. In the Oliver versus Brock case, Cathy (Plaintiff) filed a lawsuit against Bryan Whitfield Memorial Hospital of Demopolis and the treating physicians Dr. F.S. Whitfield, Dr. Paul Ketcham and Dr. E.C. Brock (Defendant) for negligence of care.…
Katie, a 24 year old pregnant female, 33 weeks gestation is admitted to the hospital in sickle cell crisis. Also, she has preeclampsia and is in a tremendous amount of pain. Katie has a medical history of taking opioids and morphine during her pregnancy for pain due to her sickle cell disease. The doctors take Katie right back to the delivery room and prep her for a cesarean section. The baby is born and taken to the Intensive Care Nursery for monitoring due to prematurity and low birth weight.…
Shonquasia responded well to the intervention, Shonquasia continues to make progress towards her goals. Shonquasia stated, evaluating the problem acting, brainstorming different solutions and identifying the problem. Shonquasia stated, self-image, other, commitments, peer pressure, parental expectations and social expatiations. Shonquasia stated, that a lot of her decisions she think about making, she always wants to know how her mom would feel about it. Shonquasia stated, that the reason she worries about what her mom thinks is because, she do not want to disappoint her mom and have arguments with her.…
In the article the “Wrongful death” Mr.Otis suffered from lower abdominal pain and he fainted at home. His wife called his doctor about pains and his doctor told them to go to the Universty emergency room. So they go to the emergency room. Mr.Otis’s doctor did not show up at the hospital and the doctors did not help him. I feel that it was the hospital's fault because they left him there to suffer.…
. There was no palliative care where treating symptoms is as important as pain management and providing psychological support. Vivian continues with the full-dose of treatment even though they fail to explain the full dose chemotherapy to her. The author is portraying how important it is for doctors and patient should agree about the course of the treatment and hence achieve a balance between honesty and autonomy. In the movie, you see Vivian realizing that the doctors treating her see her less as someone to save and more as a guinea pig for their research.…
Tanwanda has a difficult time listening to callers and speaks much too fast for clear understanding . She needs to remain patient and professional at all times. She takes the NAPE and does well overall except for the name. Her approach is robotic and she will interrupt or sometimes come across rude to achieve the basics for the call. She does access the needs of the caller quickly and does well with managing her calls.…
Were Brent’s Suicidal Actions and Lea’s Death Just Fate? In Chapter 3, while Brent was talking with Lea’s parents, Mrs. Zamora says this: “‘I also believe everything happens for a reason.’ She toyed with her necklaces. ‘That the universe required this. For some reason.’”…
Jahafraka responded well to the intervention. Jahafraka stated, being yelled, being treated unfairly, being punished, being teased and being bullied. Jahafraka stated, “I can stay calm, I will not let time get to me, I can walk away and I will respond in a calm way”. Jahafraka stated, frustration, upset, and rage and can’t take it anymore. Jahafraka stated that he do not like being angry, but other people provoke him to get angry.…
A doctor at the hospital named David Matthews saw the conditions of the two women and believe he could perfom an operation that would save one of them. While the body of Julia was crushed in the accident, her brain remain untouched. Mary Frances, however, suffered irreparable brain damage though her body remained perfectly fine . Dr. Matthews decides that he could at least save one person by inserting Julia's good brain into Mary Frances's good body.…
In Shirley’s case study, she suffered a brain injury that left her depending from others. Furthermore, in other cases there is failure to account for patient acuity, patients can get more injured or acquire secondary illnesses or infections due to lack of care to the patient. In addition, patients can get sent home too soon without adequate education about how to take care of their illness or injury, and the one that most regret to experience is, patient death (Amer, 2013). Laws in Arizona &…
Can you imagine a thirteen-year-old girl, who was healthy but had to take her tonsils out go from getting her tonsils removed to a near-death experience. In Rachel Aviv’s article “What Does It Mean To Die?” goes into a deeper meaning of false result on being brain dead. Aviv’s article uses Jahi’s story to prove that there is a lot of confusion between being brain dead and having the brain injury. Aviv uses rhetorical devices, like ethos, pathos, imagery and repetition to persuade her audience that showing a patient with no brain activity seen does not mean they are not dead.…
Abstract Law is formed for a motive and it regulates in many areas like medicine, before practicing any medical procedure or conducting a form of administrative position each medical specialist or non-medical specialist operative must comprehend a difference between ethical or unethical. Ethical and Unethical plays a significant role in our humanity every way it is whether up to how you want to approach it. According to “The case of Jeanette M. And the phone call” altered from the beginning of chapter 1 of “Medical Law and Ethics” inscribed by Bonnie Fremgen, it exemplifies how a medical receptionist and the doctor action resulted in death of Jeanette M. This case falls into so many categories of violations and code of ethics such as being…