PATIENT CONSENT & RIGHTS

Patient Consent/Patient Rights & Responsibilities/End of Life

Patient Consent/Patient Rights & Responsibilities/End of Life

Introduction

Healthcare is a very critical issue and a huge responsibility rests on the shoulders of the healthcare providers. People who are involved in this profession should make sure that they take proper care of the patients and perform their duties as they are expected to. They should make sure that the rights of the patients are not violated and they are provided complete information. The healthcare providers should make sure that the patient is satisfied and has all the information that they should know (Salladay, 2000). They should take the consent of the patients which means that the patient has the right to know what medical procedure is being carried out on him or her. This paper will analyze a case with respect to the rights of the patients and the consent of patients.

Discussion

The case presents the situation on an old lady, Mrs. Sparza, who is scheduled for a surgery of her right eye. She does not know much English, but with the help of her children, she signs the consent form and the general procedure form of the hospital. She identified her daughter and son as the decision makers in case she is incapable to take any decision after her surgery. Everything was going fine according to the law until Mrs. Sparza is asked to sign a surgical form when she enters the operating room. She refused to sign the form when she learned that according to the form, the surgery was being carried out on both her eyes; however, after discussion with the doctor, she unwillingly signs the form. After her surgery, she suffered a heart attack the next day and went in coma.

When she signed the consent form, she requested the life ...