As a patient who was paralyzed for months, Mrs. Baier relied on others daily. She expressed how team members who treated her without compassion made her stay more difficult in the ICU; however, those who expressed compassion and sympathy made the stay more
In some cultures, family members make treatment decisions on behalf of their loved-ones. Provided the patient consents to this arrangement and is assured that any questions about his/her medical care will be answered, the physician may seek consent from a family member in lieu of the patient.”
Treichler starts off her article by grabbing the attention of the reader adequately by presenting the controversial ideas of improper diagnosis by a domineering husband taking advantage of the time periods stereotype of hysterical women. She then persuasively depicts the setting of the story and adds some sympathy for the narrator who is being forced to accept her diagnosis. The introduction she gives is excellent because it provides the background information to the story and adequately prepares the points that she wants to get across to the
The Terri Schiavo case was a huge start of the “Right to Die” movement, the underlying cause of Schiavo’s collapse was never given a diagnosis. Consequentialist moral theories focus on how much good can result from an action. Non Consequentialist moral theories or Deontological theories, consider not the consequences of an action but whether they fulfill a duty. Some theories that can be used include utilitarianism, Kant’s ethics and natural law theory. Being aware of the case already, I believe there should be some sort of law that gives doctors to comply with the wishes of the patient if they are in a lot of distress.
This strong belief against only using medical help was heightened by the doctors frustration towards the Lee family for not following instructions, as well as the difference in perspectives of seeing Lia’s condition as special, the Lee family feeling as if Lia was “like a member of royalty” (Fadiman, 1997, p.22) due to her condition, and the doctors stubbornness to treat it with a multitude of medications with negative side effects. Unfortunately, the combination of not understanding the medication application, as well as conflicting culture beliefs, lead the doctors to think the Lee family was not complying with them, and felt “Lia’s parents were endangering her health” (Fadiman, 1997, p.79) which lead them to contact child services. This process of taking away Lia, which only worsened her condition, could have been handled more appropriately if the doctors had underwent enculturation, being defined as “the process of learning behaviors, languages, beliefs, and roles common to ones first or home cultures” (Barrera et al., 2012 p. xx), this allowing the doctors to not think poorly of the Lia’s parent’s but instead understanding of the cultural beliefs and reasons for them. However, it would be unfair to state the doctors didn’t give the Lee’s the benefit of the doubt, Fadiman (1997) stating that Neil, one of Lia’s doctors, “postponed calling Child Protective Services for as long as he could, giving Lia’s parents every possible chance to reform, talking the case over with his wife every night” (Fadiman, 1997, p.79) and only reported the family under the true impression that he was doing what was in the best interest of
Richard Murphy's "Anorexia: A Cheating Disorder." is an essay that uses an ethos driven language to communicate the "perversity" of plagiarism in school writing assignments. The need to communicate is kindled by contrasting two writing papers that present accomplishments and incompetency at the same time due to "discontinuities" in the sentences. The foundation of this essay rests on a circumstantial evidence found through a paper turned in by a male student in the past, which leads to questioning the credibility of a female student's paper in the future, only for Murphy to discover later that it wasn't plagiarized. However, Murphy wasn't completely wrong, but he wasn't right either. Murphy understands the importance of the issues confronted
Dr. Robert Marion expresses that the biggest epiphany he has experienced during the years of his practice was the realization of how the emotional needs of his patients, his patients’ families, and himself needs to be just as equally emphasized as the physical needs are (Marion, 2010, p.70).In both chapter three and four, Dr. Marion reminisces about his encounter with one of his patients name Scotty, an infant who died five weeks after birth due to trisomy 13. At the end of his reminisce, he realizes that not only was Scotty his patient, but Scotty’s parents, siblings, grandparents and even Scotty’s extended family were also his patients (p. 58). He concludes through his experience that though he could not save Scotty, he would still be able
He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him” (Gilman 232). He paid no attention to her opinions or thoughts and dismissed them by presenting himself as a doctor and that he knew the cause of her problem. Her husband believed, since no reason for her to be sick was present, his interpretation offered him satisfaction, rather than ask his wife how she felt. S. Weir Mitchell in “The Evolution of the Rest Treatment,” claimed that a woman went into his office in search of someone that could help her. She expressed her concern by mentioning “please do not send me to go to bed” (Mitchell 245).
Walt Disney is still one of the largest providers of entertainment in America, which makes it all the more surprising that one of their classic stories would be about, at its core, a psychological disorder. Americans often idolize characters such as Belle, so much so that they fail to see the imperfections in them. However happy the films tone may be it cannot change the facts that Belle shows all the symptoms of the disorder. Thorough examination of the film shows that Belle is not simply a princess who lives happily ever after, but rather is a victim who certainly suffers from Stockholm
One fact that shows how is that individuals with this disorder can be submitted to multiple unnecessary procedures, including frequent and invasive surgery, without achieving an accurate diagnosis or successful therapy. Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen syndrome by proxy: a narrative
Yet, for a patient, under or over diagnosis becomes problematic when it results in inappropriate treatment based on diagnosis. Clients, however are not the only ones affected by misdiagnosis. As Kirk and Kutchins conferred, “by focusing only on the presumed benefits to clients, clinicians avoid confronting the broad ethical implications that emanate from the practice of misdiagnosis.” (P. 232. 1988). These implications have ethical and practical consequences that are not limited to clients only, but also directly and indirectly affect others, such as clinicians, professional organizations, policymakers, third party payers, taxpayers and the government (1988).
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a mental condition diagnosed in the perpetrator. The victim is used to attract attention to the perpetrator (by proxy) by proclaiming symptoms and illnesses that are factitious to get the attention of medical staff. Although most perpetrators are female, usually the mother of the victim, there are also cases where the perpetrator is not female and or not a parent. Although classified as a mental disorder, a caregiver who is found guilty of MSBP may be convicted and sentenced for the crime of abuse and even murder in some cases. Although the medical profession has in the past been slow to recognize the symptoms, further studies indicate that they are striving to be able to recognize the symptoms in this severe
Ted Bundy was a notorious serial murderer who’s reign of terror lasted from 1974 to 1978. Bundy was convicted of three homicides and was sentenced to death for all three charges. However, at the time of his execution, Bundy confessed to 30 murders however the exact number of victims is still unknown. Bundy’s crimes evolved over time but he was both a sexual sadist and a necrophiliac serial killer. At the beginning of his rampage, Bundy would sneak into the victims house in the middle of the night, violently attack them while they were sleeping with a blunt object and then Bundy would usually sexually assault them.
In the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a group of men living in a psychiatric ward are dealing with different types of disorders. The character that I chose to observe and analyze was Billy Bibbit. Billy is a young man who struggles to speak without stuttering and make his own decisions. He seeks approval from those around him and is always worried he will disappoint those around him. Although some people at this psychiatric ward are committed, Billy is a voluntary patient.
In the essay, The Devil’s Bait by Leslie Jamison, Jamison emphasizes her paper about Morgellons Disease. Throughout her essay, Jamison introduces the urgency of the disease by going to a location that is known to have many people asking the doctors to believe them. The reason Morgellons Disease is an urgent topic that must be discussed is because many people feel like their voices are not being heard and ignored. Many have a disease whom they see as needing emergency treatment, however they are being told it is their brain playing tricks on them. The rhetor is compelled to speak about this issue for it gives those whom she interviewed a sense of voice and a call out to doctors to be more understanding of their patients.
