The patient bill of rights


Case Scenario:

  • How the patient bill of rights applies to this sitution?
  • Would the patient be considered competent to decide?
  • What are the primary responsibility of June's doctors?
  • What are the primary responsibilty of the hospital administrators?
  • What are the hospital'sl ethical obligations?
  • What are the hospital's legal obligations?

June is a 34 year old divorced woman diagnosed with severs anorexia and is hospitalized. Her doctors feel she may need to be placed on a feeding tube to save her life. June agreed to the feeding tube, but became combative, disoriented and refused to have the feeding tube place. Her mother and father insisted that the tube be inserted despite her refusal to allow it. Her ex-husband wishes to uphold June's decision. The hospital administrators seek risk management for legal counsel.

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