Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
The victim details their distress...
"I would call the hospital, and the phone would just ring nonstop. I'd call the nurses' station. It would ring...
Other Commonalities:
Victim discusses being denied alternative...
"They try to tell me then that the vitamin c that I'm asking for is ridiculous. It would kill him....
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Neglect
Evidence of refusal to communicate....
"this we're just, like, waiting waiting to hear from the doctors, you know, what's going on, you know, what's the...
Other Commonalities: Neglect
Emotional impact: The family sought...
"Meanwhile, I kept calling like, I must have called them every day and asked them... and they pretty much told...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of being denied family...
"They didn't even they they didn't allow me to speak with him, and he didn't call me... They didn't keep...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect
The victim mentions the general...
"And he said, well, I'll check with the pharmacy, but I don't think we're gonna be able to get that....
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
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 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
This segment indicates that the...
"She assured me it was just to give his lungs a rest, just just to give him a rest to...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Pleas For Help: The victim...
"I had told the nurses to please contact me and tell me what's going on. Have the doctors contact me...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
Evidence of lying or dishonesty;...
"The hospital kept saying they can't get us a BiPAP machine through hospice. That was a lie.
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied alternative treatments + Gaslighting + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Refusal to communicate with family;...
"They refused to talk to us after we started questioning things and would only call him, and he didn't understand...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing