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.
Victim discusses being denied alternative...
"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 + Perception of malevolence
The victim indicates that the...
"And if we could put him on a vent, it would give his lungs a rest... If you don't, you're...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Non-emergency ventilation + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + 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
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
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
Pervasive sense of wrongdoing: The...
"when this one of the doctors, doctor Melody Shen, looked at us and says, I don't have time to call...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Refusal of transfer
Evidence of DNR pressure and...
"They sort of manipulated us to without saying the words DNR, got us in place where, you know, if he...
Other Commonalities: DNR pressure or shenanigans + Gaslighting + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim experienced a significant decline...
"Within a day or two, he was basically swollen, unable to breathe. They had increased his oxygen massive amounts, caused...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Gaslighting + Neglect + Rapid oxygen increase
Denied informed consent regarding the...
"So, my daughter asked him, she says, has he had remdesivir? And this doctor Roy Chattery, said yes. But he...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent
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
The victim's family describes fighting...
"And then I got them to put her on dexamethasone. I had to fight for that.
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Perception of malevolence
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