In this scenario, I do believe Maura’s rights were violated. Even though Maura failed to uphold her responsibilities as a patient, Dr. Warren also failed to uphold his responsibilities as a Physician. As a trained physician, you are taught to understand and sympathize with your patients. Maura was probably in denial about the news – and was unable to accept the fact that she’s been diagnosed with brain cancer. It is Dr. Warren job as a physician to explain to the full extent even if she did not want to hear it. Furthermore, the fact that Maura acted like she did not care and was unable to express her concerns or asked the questions that she wanted – could simply be a symptom of the brain cancer blocking her thoughts. To put in other words, Maura’s brain is not functioning properly and …show more content…
Because it is her body, she has the right to know everything that is going on with it. It was his responsibility to explain to her what kind of cancer she has, where its was located, why she is getting blood work done, what chemotherapy is, what kind of chemotherapy she is going through, and etc., but unfortunately he was unable to explain himself to her once. Sadly, now she’ll never understand why she is going through all of this because the questions that she had will never be answered. “[Maura] is not certain if she understands what comes next, but she just wants to get out of there, so she smiles and says she understands, takes her appointment calendar, and heads home.” Dr. Warren should feel ashamed of himself as a doctor, did he actually run all the tests necessary?, is Maura even safe to be discharged from the hospital and head home?... these are some of the simple things that doctors should be required to explain. She deserves to know all the answers to her questions, even if it was something she did not want to