Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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
The victim was pressured to...
"But then on August first, they started asking me if I really if I wanted to reverse his DNR, and...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + DNR pressure or shenanigans + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Pervasive sense of wrongdoing: The...
"But they would never answer me, and I told him, what kind of medicine are you giving him? Why why...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim expresses frustration about the...
"Straight. Because he had no advocate for him. The semi company dropped him off and kept on driving. They didn't...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + 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 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 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
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
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:
Evidence of emotional turmoil and...
"They called us up to the hospital. I know it was three times to tell us it was her last...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim discusses being denied alternative...
"I started doing what my wife had been instructed to do. Told him I was gonna call channel two, channel...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Strict adherence to EUA protocols