Question

Search the topic: Surgical Team Mocks a Sedated Patient.

After searching this topic and reading the articles:

1. List the legal issues involved in this case.
2. List the ethical issues involved in this case.
3. Were there any other issues that you noticed that seemed out-of-place to you?
4. What are some of the consequences that may result for the physician after this was made public?
5. Research the Virginia and Florida Boards of Medicine and note if the physician has any suspensions or loss of license.
6. If this happened in a Nebraska or Iowa hospital, would the outcome of the lawsuit or physician being suspended/losing their license be different?

Answer 1

The procedure, a routine colonoscopy was conducted in Reston, Virginia. The patient decided (quite rationally, I might add), that he would be so “druggy” after coming out of surgery that he would record the instructions and the observations of his gastroenterologist following the procedure. I guess in his nervousness, he turned the smartphone recording app on before the procedure began and without realizing it, it ran through the entire procedure.

A funny thing happened when he began to listen to the recording: the team “mocked and insulted him” as soon as they knocked him into semi-consciousness. Here, for example, is what the medical professional who claims to be an anesthesiologist said:

The breach of duty and the boundary is the main legal issue taking place here

Question no 2

Patient right and the ethics of privatization is being violated by the individual