"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

-Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Rivera Case

I think that the family should have used the fact that Gabriela worked in toxic conditions to sue for money to pay for her medication. I agree with Megan that the doctors should have sought legal action to have a different person recognized as Gabriela's medical proxy. I think the doctors needed to do morre earlier on, like having regular meetings with Gabriela about her diet and medications to make sure she was treating herself properly. They should have done more to make her understand the consequences of not following their orders, by bringing in her son to help translate for her. If this had happened then many of Gabriela's problems would not exist.

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