Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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
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 describes how they...
"I wasn't there when the doctor talked to him even though I asked for that. They didn't even include me...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim
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
Victim expresses anger and frustration...
"And I ended up having to to also, send an email to the administrator of the hospital, because at this...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Something else
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
The victim expresses their desperation...
"So I had to try to I I tried to ask them, how do I contact this Red Cross? I...
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim + Neglect + 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
Pervasive sense of wrongdoing. The...
"On August fourth, I realized they're still not calling us. You know, nothing's happening. We're not getting any communication. I...
Other Commonalities: 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
Emotional Impact. The family member...
"I walked back in and I said, is somebody gonna let me know what's happening?
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim