Description
A hospital discharges a vulnerable elderly woman into a home without providing proper information about the care she nXXXXX. The woman dies in XXXX XXX distress XXXXX XXX family XXXXX her to XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX. The family XXXX had XX XX through XXXXXX XXXXXXXX seeing her XXX XXXXXXXXX XXX suffering. XXXXX her death XXX X-year XXXX battle, the XXXXXX was rendered an apology XXX a XXX of XXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXX.
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XXX breakdown in communication XXXXXXX the hospital XXX XXX family XXXXX XXXX and distress not XXXX XX the terminally ill elderly XXXXX but XXXX to XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX XXX XX idea about her XXX condition XXX suffering. The woman's poor XXXXXXXXX was not XXXXXXX XX the family which led XXXX XX admit her to different hospice XXX after the other XXXXX increased her XXXXXXXXX. Not just this, XXX family had XX XX XXXXXXX the legal XXXXXX for X XXXXX after the woman's death which in itself is emotionally and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX tormenting. The lack in communication XXXX XXX XX XXX hospital being XXXXXXXXXXX XXX it's XXX XXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXX-ill patients and XXX XX XXX an apology XXX a XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXXXX family.
Losing a XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX also affect XXX XXXXXXXX's view in the XXXX of XXXXXX XXXXX might further XXXXXX the hospital's XXXXXXXX.
Preventing XXXX XXXXXXXXX was XXXXXXXXX simple where just informing the family members of the woman's XXXXXXXXX and her XXXXXXXXX for recovery would have XXXXXXXX. XXX hospital staff should XXXX XXXXXXX XXX information on XXX care she would XXXX to XXX family. XXXX XXXXX the XXXXX XXXXXXX, the XXXXXXXX could have responded seriously to the XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX lodged by the family XXXXXXX. If the hospital XXXXX have acknowledged XXXXX lack XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXX legal XXXXXX XXXXX have been XXXXXXX.
Learning
XXXX we XXX XXXXX from the above XXXXXXX is XXXX even a XXXX XXXXXXXXX in communication can lead XX much XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXX XXXXX a lot XX XXXXXXXXX. To XXXXX the XXXXXXXX implications, XXX must XXX forgo our XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXX very XXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX relevant in a particular situation. Communicating properly and XXXXXXXXXXX should be a very XXXXXXXXX aspect of professionalism XXXXXXXXXXXX in XXX healthcare field.