INTERVIEW WITH MEDICAL FUTILITY LAWYER PROFESSOR THADDEUS POPE ABOUT MEDICAL DISPUTES IN ICU REGARDING END OF LIFE DECIS

Published: Mon, 04/20/15

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In this episode of the INTENSIVECAREHOTLINE.COM Podcast 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.

Professor Pope publishes his own blog medicalfutility.blogspot.com where he tracks judicial, legislative, policy, and academic developments concerning medical futility and the limits on individual autonomy at the end of life.

Listen to the interview here

http://intensivecarehotline.com/interview-with-medical-futility-lawyer-professor-thaddeus-pope/

In the interview, Patrik and Professor Pope explore and discuss

recent controversial and highly publicised cases in Intensive Care related to brain death and perceived end of life situations

Professor Pope’s passion is around medical futility and the law

Listen to how Professor Pope and Patrik discuss two recent cases of two brain dead Patients in California, where one family is trying to rescind the death certificate for their 15 year old daughter Jahie McMath who is currently on a ventilator and life support in New Jersey

What it would mean for the future of Intensive Care and the diagnosis of brain death if death certificates would be annulled

Why a Family’s value judgement is important when dealing with brain death

Why some states in the USA have a law where Families who object out of religious believes to brain death can dispute the diagnosis

Why Jahi McMath may be legally alive in New Jersey and maybe legally dead in California and the controversy and discussions around it

Why some Intensive Care Units give Families 24-48 hours time to come to terms with the death of their loved one and others aren’t giving Families enough time to grieve

Patrik and Professor Pope discuss another highly controversial case where a young lady (Lisa Avila) has been diagnosed with brain death after she had given birth to her 8^th child and she got misdiagnosed with an undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy that caused her to go into cardiac arrest, where she ended up brain dead

Massive trust issues between families and Intensive Care teams cause disputes around the diagnoses of brain death

Most Intensive Care Units have a policy to not treat brain dead people and therefore withdraw life support

Listen to what Professor Pope has to say about the legal issues surrounding brain death

Patrik and Professor Pope also discuss the massive legal and ethical challenges when a family disputes the brain death of a loved one

Patrik and Professor Pope discuss other futility cases that have made headlines such as the Hassan Rasouli case in Canada, where the Intensive Care team wanted to withdraw treatment without family consent

The family objected the Intensive Care team’s decision and went to court where the supreme court of Canada protected Families rights when it comes to perceived futility cases in perceived end of life situations

The Rassouli family successfully challenged the “perceived power” and “perceived authority” of the Intensive Care team

Why transparency in end of life or perceived end of life situations is critical and how families in Intensive Care can get transparency and full disclosure simply by positioning themselves correctly by asking the right questions

How families in Intensive Care can get what they want in a real end of life situation

Professor Pope is referring to the hospital dispute process if Families need help and advice in medical futility cases

Why families in Intensive Care should be asking the Intensive Care team for their end of life policies if they are in doubt

Patrik and Professor Pope have also recorded a previous interview last year that you can check out here Pope interview 2014

Listen to the interview here

http://intensivecarehotline.com/interview-with-medical-futility-lawyer-professor-thaddeus-pope/

You can contact Professor Pope via email thadmpope@aol.com or visit his medicalfutility blog here medicalfutility.blogspot.com

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