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The question is: IU Health says that the care that Dr. Moore received did not contribute to her death. It is clear here that she did not receive the full measure of care and compassion that any patient has a right to. So, my question is: did the failure to provide that care contribute to her death?
I think there may be a serious correlation between death and low moral, which a lack of “care and compassion” could cause. But it is basically impossible to scientifically quantify.
Receiving full care versus compassion are arguably different measures. One is more objective and the other subjective. Obviously though patients deserve both. The report suggests they did not find a gap in her medical care.
I’ve heard that bitterness and anger are also not good for physical health.
To pick up on what MG is saying, her comments made me wonder how she was treating her caregivers? I don’t know those details, but she says if she was white she would be treated differently and I have a feeling that it was more about her way of dealing with them rather than her race being the issue. The system is about not giving strong painkillers anymore and sending everyone home as soon as possible isn’t it? A tragic situation that she died as so many have and that’s the worst part of this story.
Everyone’s experience in Hospitals varies. I have heard (and have witnessed) that Doctors are sometimes the worst patients. Being a cancer survivor and having extensive experience in hospitals and healthcare facilities, I cans say most healthcare workers are under a lot of stress and sometimes they aren’t perfect all the time. I have seen way too many situations in both the IU hospitals as well as Community and St. Francis where these workers do exemplary work with a great deal of compassion, without regard to a person’s race or ethnicity.
Seems to me the hospital is in the no win situation. The panel said the medical care she received did not contribute to her death. Should be case closed. In the current world of diversity, inclusion and anti racism that accompanies every public announcement the hospital had to make these compassion comments because she is a minority. You can be sure that some in the majority have had this same lack of compassion at the hospital and nary a word has to be said.
The problem doesn’t seem to have anything whatsoever to do with racism. At some point in time in the United States, the distinct, very broad line between healthcare providers and drug dealers became blurred. We have an opioid epidemic because people now believe it is more important to be pain-free than disease-free. You weigh 300 pounds and your feet hurt? Pop a pill. Diabetes from eating fast food your entire life? Pop a pill. Short of breath from smoking? Pop a pill. Physician burnout from patients demanding pain medicine? Pop a pill. Hospitals aren’t supposed to be luxury hotels. They are supposed to treat your illness so you can go hone as soon as possible, not pamper you like a Caribbean cruise ship.
Well that’s what you get with a private health care system.
There is a bounty of data noting that complaints of pain and concerns of blacks are frequently not acknowledged. Blacks often must seek alternative opinions or simply insist that their concerns be taken seriously. The article indicates that Dr. Moore made the “if I were white . . . ” statement in the video she posted to Facebook, not to the doctors at the hospital. This and other comments here are speculative as we were not there and do not know. Perhaps the doctors assisting Dr. Moore were offended by her asking for specific care (and they knew they could not bluff her, but they could ignore her) — perhaps they found the requests demanding or cheeky, and they chose not to respond in an empathetic manner. Perhaps Dr. Moore could have been more fawning in style, but why should she as in her professional training and opinion she knew what should be done. Asking for treatment for pain during a time when many were dying of Covid was not an unreasonable action nor was this seeking pampering. This was tragic and, apparently, she did realize the severity of her illness as severa hours thereafter after being readmitted elsewhere, she died. Compassionate comments would be welcome; at the very least, considerate comments should be entered.
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perhaps if the staff had been indoctrinated with ‘critical race theory’ earlier this all could have been averted