Podcast with Medical Futility expert Professor Thaddeus Pope!
Published: Fri, 02/07/14
instantly improve the lives of Families of critically ill Patients
in Intensive Care, so that you can have real power, real control
and so that you can influence decision making, even if you're
not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!
In this week we feature another podcast where I interviewed
Professor Thaddeus Pope a US based lawyer and medical
futility expert! Professor Pope is especially concerned with
exploring the justifiability of private and public limitations on
individual liberty, end-of-life medicine and public health ethics.
Listen to the podcast here
http://intensivecarehotline.com/podcast-interview-professor-thaddeus-pope/
In this episode you'll discover
- why technology advances faster than our values and why it's a
big issue in Intensive Care
- How End of life issues in Intensive Care impact on personal
liberty and personal freedom
-Patrik and Professor Pope discuss consent of Families in Intensive
Care in Canada, the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom when it
comes to withdrawing or limiting
treatment
- Why a Family's opinion in Intensive Care is far more
important than you think
- Why Health providers in the United States are very conservative
- Why "Obama Care" in the US is not all that
revolutionary for Intensive Care Patients
- How an Intensive Care budget or insurance issues of Patients
might impact on the clinical decision making process in Intensive
Care
- Why a discussion about end of life issues and/or limitation or
withdrawal of treatment in Intensive Care
always needs to be a value based discussion
- What other Families in Intensive Care can learn from the Jahie
McMath case in California
- How the media can help Families in Intensive Care
- Why there are short term facilities for brain dead Patients in the
USA
- What Families can do in other countries like Australia or the UK
if their loved one has been diagnosed as brain dead
- Why some Families want to opt-out of neurological testing for
brain death and what alternatives are available
- Why Professor Pope is optimistic that the Internet is increasing
transparency in health care
- Why conflict in Intensive Care is epidemic and what Families in
Intensive Care can do about it
- Why discussions about perceived Quality of Life need to be value
based
- Patrik and Professor Pope discuss recent cases from the UK where
Patients have been "made NFR" (Not for resuscitation)
without Family consent and why it's an illegal practice
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=4878
Also, check out our "YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED" section
where I answer all your questions!
http://intensivecarehotline.com/category/questions/
In this week I answer one of our reader's question "My
mother is in Intensive Care with Liver failure and might need a
Tracheostomy, what should we do?" You can find the answers here
http://intensivecarehotline.com/?p=4937
If you want your questions answered just email me at
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Also keep an eye out for our upcoming product launch in the next
couple of months! We are just in the middle of finalizing our first
product that will help Families of critically ill Patients deal
with and take control of most situations in Intensive Care, even if
their loved one is dying! I will tell you more in the next couple
of weeks. If you have any questions about our upcoming products or
if you have any suggestions please let me know at
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