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Poor care? Pre-judgements based on physicians/nurses who thought she was "kuckoo?"

She had insurance so that wasn't the issue.

They saw the density on the spine. Why was there no follow-up?

How unfortunate.

all I can say is...WOW....What a shame, the patient was judged before the facts were known. Unfortunately, this happens more often than we would like to think.

Very Sad

Poor care? Pre-judgements based on physicians/nurses who thought she was "kuckoo?"

She had insurance so that wasn't the issue.

They saw the density on the spine. Why was there no follow-up?

How unfortunate.

She had Medicare. Not quite the same.

"But we were aware that Ms. Chapman had complaints about her care and interactions with staff, and our patient advocates tried repeatedly to work with her to resolve those complaints," according to a statement by Alison Duffy, who said that the hospital provided Ms. Chapman with appropriate care.

I'm guessing that appropriate care in this case would have been of the medical variety--patient advocacy is not first-line treatment for metastatic cancer.

This story is infuriating. I will remember it.

I am speechless. This is truly awful. I hope that her death is not in vain, that something good comes from her story. Thank you for posting it.

Morte,

It is a moving article. The incident, I suspect is not an isolated one given the perplexity of our health care system. It should be in a training manual (of sorts) for health care providers to enlighten them of the realities of what happens when we become cavalier in our duties to serve others. It is also, at least for me, just one more reason to repair the health care system. As I am moving into quality management, I will save this article for future referenc

This is terrible! I cannot believe they didn't look deeper into her case, even if she was kukoo they should have cared for her and not sent her home!