Kate Fitzgerald who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia. Her sister Anna was conceived by in vitro fertilization to donate compatible organs, blood and tissue in order to keep her sister alive. When Kate turns 15, she goes into renal failure. Anna who is eleven years old, knows that she will be forced by her parents to donate one of her kidneys and refuses to donate and request and sues her parents for medical emancipation through help from her lawyer, Campbell Alexander. Their mother Sara repeatedly questions Anna, “you don’t want to help Kate? She is your sister!” Sara is only focused on Kate’s health condition and her recovery by kidney transplant. From Anna’s point of view, what is the benefit for her to donate her kidney to her sister …show more content…
Health care providers cannot override patient or surrogate-decision makers wish. For Kate, it maybe more harmful for her to get transplant than not. Fidelity During the hearing, Anna and Kate's older brother, Jesse reveals while Anna is on the witness stand that Anna is actually acting under Kate's instruction; Kate, not wanting to live any longer, and knowing Sara would be too narrow-minded to listen to her, had gently persuaded Anna to refuse to donate her kidney. In the movie, Anna’s father Brian’s emotional turmoil is portrayed. He’s questioning himself, if he did the right thing. He came to conclusion that Anna has the right to her own body and she’s refusing to donate her kidney to her sister Kate. He advocated for his daughter for his wish. In other scene, Kate wants to go to see the ocean. Again her father Brian stands up for her and take Kate to ocean even though his wife Sara refused him to do so. Dr. Chase advocated for Kate and duty and obligation as Kate’s physician was met by working with patient’s wish and desire. This harmony can be created when patient, patient family, and healthcare providers are in good understanding and collaborating to work together for what is best for the patient.
In the healthcare system many times patients are just patients and appointments are just appointments. The outlook on the patients and appointments all depends on the area of practice and the health professional themselves. Working in the emergency department, the nurses and doctors there typically do not see the same patient more than once and if they do the chance of them remembering them is slim to none just for the simple fact of the pace of the department. When it comes down to Physicians in the hospital setting, the care is not just quick and done. Great patient to healthcare professional relationships are formed and for some it may feel as if they are taking a “journey”(209) with their patients as they receive their medical care. This essay will be based off the book Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients by Danielle Ofri, in which Ofri herself gives us the stories of the journeys she went on with several of her patients. Patients are more than just an appointment to some people, and when it comes to Ofri she tends to treat her patients as if they are her own family.
Kate was born and brought up an only child. At first Kate was a normal child and no one thought anything of her. When she got a little bit older Kate began to do things other children wouldn't normally do. At one point she was caught in her Barn with two boys and her tied up. Her mother and father punished her for this and whipped her until she was good again. Kate was doing great things, she was doing things that made her look like a perfect child. One day though Kate made a plan to kill her parents by locking them in the house while she sets it on fire. Kate did this and immediately got out of town. This is when Kate made her and ended up with Adam Trask another main character.
Wit sheds light on the problems within the American healthcare system regarding patient care and making decisions based on the well being of the patient, and not focusing on the scientific developments that can be made by studying the effects of certain drugs and illnesses on patients - this is done through the interactions between Vivian and her two doctors: Dr. Kelekian and Dr. Jason Posner, as well as interactions between Vivian and her nurse, Susie.
Since Kate made noise Molly was red and Jenny had to call Mrs. Weinman because she wasn’t sure what to do. Jenny said, “ I wonder if the Weinman's would ask me to babysit again?,” (Cabot, 42). After walking towards her house Jenny was crying and was afraid, to tell the truth to her Mom. This exactly what Jenny stated, “ I have, to tell the truth,” (Cabot, 42). Jenny knew Kate already blew her chance for babysitting again for Mrs. Weinman. She knew that if she told the truth Mrs. Weinman would now think she is an untrustworthy person. Since Jenny had to call Mrs. Weinman due to the destruction Kate caused she feels as if Kate ruined her job chances of future
This novel, My Sister’s Keeper, is the telling story of a preteen girl Anna caught in-between a big family issue, her sister’s life. Anna Fitzgerald is the genetically designed daughter of Sara and Brain, designed to save her sister Kate’s life, who is suffering from leukemia. The decision Anna makes to stop being Kate’s donor tears the Fitzgerald family apart. With such a divisive topic to have the novel based...
But the decision isn’t necessarily based on if the doctors want to do so, it’s the law the doctors have to follow if it was up to Keller he wouldn’t put elderly patients on life support. The health care providers fear legal ramifications if they don’t do everything in their power to prolong life. Bill Keller says “I have been criticized by the Catholic Church in the name of life” (Moran n.p) for centuries now the Catholic Church has been on the side that is against prolonging the process of dying. In 1957, Pope Pius XII wrote: “it is unnatural to prevent death in instances where there is no hope of recovery when nature is calling for death, there is no question that one can remove the life support system.” Even with this being said Moran can’t necessarily do anything about it because it’s his job and he has to do what he is told or legal action will be taken. Even though Moran is against prolonging life even when he had to encounter as a child losing his father at a young age he still knew that prolonging life is
The Board of Directors at the hospital informed John Q. Archibald that his medical insurance would not cover the $250k heart transplant surgery, and if he could not come up with at least $75k, his son Michael will die. John Q. Archibald tried selling most of his belongings, filing an appeal with his insurance company, reaching out to the church, and going to the news, but he did not acquire enough money needed for the surgery. John Q. Archibald’s wife informed him that the hospital will be releasing their son to die at home, and she demands that he “does something.”
Jackie advocates for the patient’s daughter to be at her bedside, because the daughter is the main caregiver, even though the ICU has an age restriction of having to be at least 14 (Austin, 2009). Further, Jackie takes it upon herself to ensure that the patient has enough required medications to last a few weeks. She achieved this by taking the medications from the pharmacy and smuggling them out of the hospital by giving them to the daughter. The patient’s daughter was extremely grateful and appreciated all of Jackie’s actions (Austin, 2009). From the above examples, nurse Jackie displayed a servant leadership style.
Some lives were saved, while others were not. Emotional attachment was a repeating image of female doctors creating a bond too close to their patients, male doctors did not want their emotions to interrupt their work. Dr. Yang is soon off to Switzerland for a better opportunity and compliments Dr. Karev with a cocky attitude “You are good, competent, think fast with good hands, but you will never be as good as me.” The cockiness and fire elevate Dr. Yang over the head of Karev with her confidence in what she does, not quite often do you hear a woman verbalize this to a man. Another scene, Dr. Miranda Bailey, the chief, is the bossy type to stand for her position and is dubbed as being ¨bitchy¨, which can be discouraging compared to the male chief beforehand who was known as being collected and having everything under control. Last, Dr. Grey is suddenly asked to move to D.C. with her husband for his new job and start at a new hospital. This opportunity gave her husband a couple days off to make a decision and to stay home and take care of the children while Dr.
provide the care that her patient so desperately needed and deserved at that moment and
...health while going through cancer. In this case, their family leads to the emotions that can impact the patient’s health and decision-making.
As physicians, we are foundations for our patients. We become sources of strength and emotional security for them, in trying times. We do more than fix others back to health (spotting signs of illness, giving diagnoses, drugs or treatment). We must understand the concerns of those we help and be there for our patients—through pain and sorrow. ================
...to doctor affected her relationship with her dad. They got closer and she was surprise that when her dad heard the news from his doctor, they didn’t have to tie him down in fact of his aggressive behavior “I sat beside him. This was my father” (Olds 440). She was expecting her dad to act crazy since she had always known him as an aggressive person but she did not get that from him. However, his attitude changed instantly and starts and the way her daughter viewed him as an alcoholic changed her perception of her dad.
Jack McKee does not know how to listen, let alone feel sympathy or empathy. He cannot communicate with his wife and his son is distant from him. Jack is more concerned with his job then his family. He forgets that they are people and they have feelings. He also forgets that the patients he se...
...to make Kate as happy as she could. Anna made the right decision by listening to her sister. Kate was clearly very ill and exhausted of continuously going into surgery. I would grant Kate’s wishes, just as Anna did for Kate. Family is very important, listening and acting on what your family wants and needs is very essential.