Title: Case of Bartling v. Superior Court Name: Edinah M. Neko Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on November /19/2014, for Gina Farrell in M230 Medical Law and Ethics. Case of Brattling v. Superior Court The case of Brattling v. Superior Court introduces a 70 year old man who was not expected to live more than one year having suffered from multiple nonterminal but serious illness. The man had executed legal documents declaring his wish to die by withdrawing life supporting machines. The doctor in charge of the old man had refused to grant him his wishes so did the court(Matthews, 1987). It is the responsibility of the hospital to ensure that it attends to all its patients irrespective of their health condition.
The patient made it very clear that she did not want the phlebotomist to draw her blood (Finnegan, 2013).This same phlebotomist has drawn her for several days for a Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Thromboplastic Time (aPTT) without incident, so he reports this situation to the nurse. The nurse informs the phlebotomist that the patient has formed a complaint against him and did not want him, in particular, to draw her blood. The blood had been drawn from the dorsal side of her hand for several days, which was now bruised and swollen. The patient complained of moderate pain, especially when she moved her fingers. Upon observation there was a diffuse ecchymosis over the dorsal side of the hand that extends up the forearm to the elbow.
Joseph Stevens. The daughter-in-law wanted the medical staff to give her more information about the father-in-laws’ medical condition. The daughter-in-law wanted confirmation of the medical condition. The HIM gave redirection to the daughter-in-law to get the health information that she was requesting from her father-in-law as there was no ROI to give anyone this information in Mr. Stevens family. The PHI was left on the home voicemail of Mr. Joseph Stevens but it was then found that there are three patients within the same practice that had the same name Mr. Joseph Stevens and not one of the records had any identifying markers as to who is who.
Tavion’s father also put on the note that he was divorced and that his mother was not allowed access to their son’s medical records for any reason. Tavion’s mother showed up at Methodist Hospital that following weekend wanting copies of her son’s medical records and that she suspected that Tavion’s father was physically abusing their son. Tavion’s mother’s statement of suspecting that the father was physically abusing the son is sufficient to warrant a further investigation by the hospital. If the documentation was done fully and clearly and with the necessary detail than those officials that are performing the investigation will see that the story the father told them about Tavion and how he got hurt did not make sense, and that they were suspecting that it was physical abuse as well. And the parents, regardless of relationship status, should have the right to access their child’s records, especially when my other patient is suspected of child abuse.
I read an article by Cathy LeBoeuf-Schouten explaining about the shortages of Canadian healthcare facilities and how they are full. (http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/leboeuf-schouten1.html). Patients in Canadian facilities are given numbers based on their condition and may not be treated until people with worse emergencies are treated. That may not be a bad thing until a patient with a broken arm has spent 12 hours for an x-ray. In the article Schouten states “You tell the nurse that your son must be seen by a doctor immediately – it’s an emergency!
In March 2013, our close friend was put in the hospital under a coma for an unknown illness. In a time of desperation, the church all comes together prays and forms a community of support. I faked my way through it and the meaningful prayers I said, I don’t think truly came from my heart. I had a selfish view on the world and I felt it in my heart. I knew there was something more than just the lifestyle I was living.
Kathleen Lowe The Bournewood case H L is a adult male who is autistic & with profound learning difficulties. He lived in Bournewood hospital from the age of 13 for more than 30 years. In 1994 he was discharged into the community to live with Mr & Mrs E. On 22 July H L became agitated at his day care centre & Was admitted to the accident & emergency department at Bournewood hospital under sedation. Due to the sedation he did not resist admission so doctors chose not to admit him using the powers of mental health act. H L was compliant & never attempted to leave hospital.
The facility evaluates right and wrong and determines if the situation is compliant with the code of ethics (American Medical Association, 1995). Providing exceptional customer service ensures consumers are treated with dignity and respect. Health care facilities experience several ethical issues that require the facility to evaluate and determine the best outcome for everyone involved, it is important for Smithsonian employees adhere to the code of ethics policy and procedures (American Medical Association, 1995). Health care ethical consideration may consist of language barriers, informed consents, and religious beliefs are a few situations that may happen in health care. Smithsonian desire is for all patient to be well informed of his or her care plan.
As Nurses, it is important to wash our hands before and after patient contact. Hand hygiene is the single most important practice when reducing the spread of infection during patient care (Folan, Baillie, 2009). The CVB (Care Value Base) is an ethical code which governs how caregivers need to act in certain situations within a health and social care setting. They must not be discriminating, violating people’s rights or providing poor care for their patients. The caregivers must however protect patients from harm, maintain confidentiality and respect patients’ privacy.
With the patient who had the hemorrhagic our personal and societal values toward the quality of life should be considered. Quality of life is not guaranteed for this patient, it is up to the patient’s family to make the decision on the outcome of the patient’s life. Personal values include religious beliefs. Most of the time religious beliefs are the main determinant in end-of-life care. It is about keeping the patient comfortable in end-of-life care.