Comments on: What the “common” citizen can do http://thelpkids.com/2009/10/19/what-the-common-citizen-can-do/ LPFamilyBLOG@me.com Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:13:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dr. Dredd http://thelpkids.com/2009/10/19/what-the-common-citizen-can-do/#comment-2364 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:14:15 +0000 http://thelpkids.com/?p=1137#comment-2364 I should add that, by ignoring your legally executed advanced directive, the hospital was providing care without informed consent. That is definitely a federal civil rights issue; we were told this over and over in a class I took on research ethics.

]]> By: Dr. Dredd http://thelpkids.com/2009/10/19/what-the-common-citizen-can-do/#comment-2363 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:06:22 +0000 http://thelpkids.com/?p=1137#comment-2363 Hospitals that receive Medicare funding (pretty much all of them!) are required to respect patients’ rights to advanced directives. In addition to complaining to JCAHO, you might be able to complain to Medicare, or even to the federal Office of Civil Rights.

Good luck. I was absolutely horrified when I read about this case.

]]> By: Lesbian partner denied visitation by hospital loses lawsuit, but battles on http://thelpkids.com/2009/10/19/what-the-common-citizen-can-do/#comment-2356 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:29:08 +0000 http://thelpkids.com/?p=1137#comment-2356 [...] an entry posted Monday on her family’s blog, Langebehn wrote, “I am trying to figure out how I go from plaintiff to [...]

]]> By: Samantha http://thelpkids.com/2009/10/19/what-the-common-citizen-can-do/#comment-2353 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:15:05 +0000 http://thelpkids.com/?p=1137#comment-2353 What about the alumni mag at our college? After all, if I didn’t read Arches I probably wouldn’t have known about what happened to your family in Florida because I wouldn’t have known about Lisa’s passing.

I will help… I don’t know anyone there but I will sit next to you during the interview or whatever if you want.

Samantha

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