Palliative care pressure Clips
Victim and family pressured into palliative care, comfort care or hospice. Family denied participation in the Palliative Care Consult Meeting. Palliative care ordered without consent.
The victim’s husband was told...
"you know, he said that he was obviously right there advocating for me. Doctors were consistently telling him that I...
Other Commonalities: DNR pressure or shenanigans + Gaslighting + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
The family's perception that the...
"They knew. They knew she was going home, so they knew they had to do what they needed to do...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim mentions the use of...
"not only ventilated him, but they also paralyzed him with fentanyl. So he was on fentanyl while he was sick.
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
The victim expresses a sentiment...
"And when I was doing those big deep breaths, I poured two holes in my right lung and that was...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Infections and injuries + Isolation of victim + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
The victim describes being pressured...
"So throughout this meeting, I'm asking them what's gonna happen. What are you what is your plan? And they're telling...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of ethical breaches and...
"the ethics board at the hospital had approached us and said that we needed to have a family meeting, that...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + DNR pressure or shenanigans + Neglect + Perception of malevolence + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
Victim mentions that she was...
"They had forgotten to tell me during that time period since I couldn't visit. They were allowing Zoom calls, but...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent
The victim recounts how the...
"And at that point, there I said, do you suction? What do you do? And they said, there's nothing we...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Perception of malevolence
Victim discusses refusal of medications,...
"Only when the doctor heard that I didn't want the rodesivir.
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
Victim discusses discrepancies in what...
"And then on Sunday, she's unresponsive. I mean, that just doesn't make any sense. And then told the very next...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
The individual mentions having to...
"We had to kinda, like, jump jump jump through hoops for that, but it was after my mom was passing.
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Isolated even in death + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
DNR pressure or shenanigans. The...
"I finally signed the DNR... Yes. They did. He was in such bad shape.
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + DNR pressure or shenanigans + Neglect + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing