If the priest was allowed to come in to give last rites but the "spouse" with the documentation in hand was not allowed until 6 hours after her death, there is something wrong with that picture.
What's your solution then?
If the priest was allowed to come in to give last rites but the "spouse" with the documentation in hand was not allowed until 6 hours after her death, there is something wrong with that picture.
What's your solution then?
That'll work well for hospice, and regular treatment centers.Don't let anyone in and make a hard-fast rule about it. If a patient calls for that visitor, they should be allowed in as the situation calls (obviously not in the middle of brain surgury (sorry Duke) but certainly afterward).
Well not completely. The case was started because it was believed there was discrimination because the couple was two women instead of a heterosexual couple, but the ruling generalized it for anyone, even next of kin. That is a dangerous ruling. I know for a fact my parents would raise all hell when their parents died and they couldn't be with them during or after while they were in the ICU.
1.) They need space to do what they need to do.
2.) They don't need relatives acting hysterical and yelling while they're trying to work on a patient should an issue arise.
3.) When everything is stable, I'm sure they have no issues allowing people in.
Fan of what? the page? he probably doesn't know about it, but I don't think he would mind.
If the priest was allowed to come in to give last rites but the "spouse" with the documentation in hand was not allowed until 6 hours after her death, there is something wrong with that picture.