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The article does not elucidate the complete circumstances of the girl's hospitalisation and due to confidentiality, can not. That is enough reason for me to co
by mikorym 8y ago
The article does not elucidate the complete circumstances of the girl's hospitalisation and due to confidentiality, can not.
That is enough reason for me to consider this article to be sensasional. It is impossible to say who is at fault.
In general, it often happens that people think they know better than doctors, and in this case she may simply be lucky that she did not get seriously ill. The article itself contains a lot of incoherent quotes and it is impossible to make any sense or argument from it.
- CPLX 8y agoIt’s not impossible to say who was at fault. The facts of the case are that the hospital engaged with several judges and a police department all of whom ultimately concluded that they had no legal basis to hold her. Yet they had been doing so anyways. As far as I can tell determining who is at fault is exactly what the legal system is for.
- revscat 8y agoShe signed a release form waving that confidentiality. Your dismissiveness is therefore no rebuttal.
- tssva 8y agoThe patient signed a privacy release form provided by Mayo allowing them to freely discuss the case with CNN. Despite this the hospital has chosen to continue to refuse to answer questions under the guise of patient confidentiality. Since the hospital legally can present their side of the story and evidence to support it and have chosen not to, it is reasonable to accept the patient's account as accurate.
- koboll 8y agoHow certain is it that the patient privacy release form will hold up in court? If Mayo is arguing that the patient cannot make their own medical decisions, doesn't it inherently undermine their own argument to recognize the privacy release form as a legitimate decision made by the patient?
- sverige 8y agoFrom the article, the hospital couldn't decide if the patient was competent. They claimed she wasn't when it suited their guardianship case, and claimed she was when they "discharged" her. No one else has claimed she's incompetent. Other mmedical professionals have said she was and is. When patient signed the release, they were free to discuss the details of the case. Their refusal to do so is telling.
- ramblerman 8y ago> In general, it often happens that people think they know better than doctors, And people are allowed to make stupid decisions! It's not the state's responsibility to automatically defer all control to the residing 'expert'.