Consent Required??

[ivanl3]

Update/developments.....

Patient was transferred to hospital in Cleveland so my face-to-face access to his wife and him will be minimal until he is released.

Patient and wife were told by offending hospital/doctor (my word not there's) that as a gesture of good-will for the misadventures that occurred, they would not be charged (or will be reimbursed -- no idea how they do this mechanically) for the out-of-pocket expenses associated with the patient's time in the hospital, etc. (meaning deductibles and co-pays). Of course they are on their own for any expenses associated with the time in Cleveland or loss of income.

Seems to me that doubts are starting to creeping about the long term prognosis -- but I have no details to share.

They were not asked to sign anything forfeiting their right to sue in order to accept the gesture of good will.

Question to any of you who may know, how typical or rare is such a gesture of good will?

 

[Proserpina]

Update/developments.....

Patient was transferred to hospital in Cleveland so my face-to-face access to his wife and him will be minimal until he is released.

Patient and wife were told by offending hospital/doctor (my word not there's) that as a gesture of good-will for the misadventures that occurred, they would not be charged (or will be reimbursed -- no idea how they do this mechanically) for the out-of-pocket expenses associated with the patient's time in the hospital, etc. (meaning deductibles and co-pays). Of course they are on their own for any expenses associated with the time in Cleveland or loss of income.

Seems to me that doubts are starting to creeping about the long term prognosis -- but I have no details to share.

They were not asked to sign anything forfeiting their right to sue in order to accept the gesture of good will.

Question to any of you who may know, how typical or rare is such a gesture of good will?

By "good will" they generally mean "go away - you're a nuisance".

 

[ivanl3]

Question to any of you who may know, how typical or rare is such a gesture of good will?

Just repeating the original question.

By "good will" they generally mean "go away - you're a nuisance".

Nuisance, yeah, kind of like when someone responds to a question on a message board with an inane editorial comment that ignores the original question posted.

By "good will" they generally mean "go away - you're a nuisance".

They were already going away and asked for nothing, but received this anyway. While you may be right that this what it normally means, but it does not appear to be the case here.