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.
Denied alternative treatments: The victim...
"But as soon as I found out, I was livid because my husband's oxygen the day he asked to be...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Neglect + Perception of malevolence
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
Victim discusses how medical staff...
"And she said, we need to we need to, you don't want us to resuscitate him because or do you...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + DNR pressure or shenanigans + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Lack of Accountability and Transparency...
"They took the vent out, and she was in my arm, and she died immediately. And then I could actually...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolated even in death + Neglect + Something else
The victim reflects on the...
"So what was the thing? Why couldn't I be there? [...] But that was to get me to agree to...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Perception of malevolence
Evidence of coercive circumstances and...
"And so that's how I basically got my way up there... they said, yeah. And then once I said, well,...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
The victim describes feeling pressured...
"It yep. It was towards the end of her her stay. I did sign it after they explained to me...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of lying or dishonesty...
"the doctor said, we just want you to know that if his oxygen doesn't come up and his heartbeat don't...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Refusal of transfer + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
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
Victim describes their loved one...
"And at eight thirty that night, he died. I don't know when you're They had been giving him those, like,...
Other Commonalities: Dehydration and starvation + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
The victim expresses confusion and...
"I mean, you in the room is in the room. Right? [...] But that was to get me to agree...
Other Commonalities: DNR pressure or shenanigans + Perception of malevolence
Evidence of pressure into hospice...
"And they said, the only way you could see her, if you do hospice... I, you know, put her on...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing