Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
Gaslighting: The victim expresses frustration...
"So one of the times that, I was able to see him on the phone. They had him upside down....
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Dehydration and starvation + Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Non-emergency ventilation + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of a lack of...
"I wanted an itemized bill. He's been gone a hundred and fourteen days, and I have yet to get an...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Neglect
Isolation of victim; Victim describes...
"you had to leave them. You couldn't go in. You couldn't walk them in. You couldn't do anything... we weren't...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Removal of communication devices
Victim expresses regret about not...
"But then then she didn't say anything, And about a week later, I tried to get some. She gave me...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Isolation of victim + Neglect
The victim discusses being denied...
"And so I went down to the cafeteria. I started filling out the power of attorney papers. It was a...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
The family member expresses concern...
"I asked them, well, what are they giving him? They wouldn't tell me what kind of medication they were giving...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Neglect + Something else
Evidence of neglect and lack...
"I had to beg to see him. He came in one time for three minutes to tell me my husband's...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Something else
The victim details how she...
"When I got his medical records, I requested them the day that he died, and they sent them to me...
Other Commonalities: Isolated even in death + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Removal of communication devices
Family was not allowed to...
"did then they still didn't even let you come in to view him... we weren't allowed to touch him at...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolated even in death + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of isolation of the...
"Never. We were not allowed in the building. Period. Point blank. They said you were white some of the times....
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect
Evidence of denial of family...
"No response because they said she was too tired or just didn't wanna talk when and we found out her...
Other Commonalities: Removal of communication devices
Victim mentions a sense of...
"It just got worse and worse as time went on. And that call button, every time I hit that call...
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim + Neglect