Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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
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
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
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:
The speaker mentions that they...
"And when I found out they had killed my dad, I went in to talk to the doctor...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Neglect + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Something else
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
The victim expresses disbelief and...
"I tried to get an autopsy, and the pathologist told me that he didn't feel comfortable doing an autopsy because...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolated even in death + Neglect + Something else
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
Lack of Accountability and Transparency;...
"the staff just said, you know, we don't have time to call. We're taking care of patients. We're understaffed... I...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Unqualified staff
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
Victim expresses feeling manipulated or...
"But then, our communication, especially with this one nurse, started to fail. If you know, I think she began to...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
The family indicates a complete...
"I couldn't even tell you who his doctor was. I I to this day, I don't know who his attending...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect