[Natalia Virgin]

1. DR. Anna Pou stated and defended herself and her colleagues that they were not murders; it was not fair for them to be dragged into custody since they only tried to comfort those patients in suffocating conditions, the heat due to loss of power, lack of water, and no medical supply. They have no hope of survival for critical and dying patients who need electricity to run their support machines. Also, DR. Pou herself does not believe in euthanasia action. She believes in comfort care instead.

2. Yes, it is essential since DR. Pou was convicted of murders; she has no criteria of a killer,
had no record of killing any of her patients, gain no benefits from doing so. She dedicated
herself to helping, and giving comfort care is her only concern.

3. What I see on the Pain management episode of Boston legal angel is: even a patient in critical
condition can still experience pain; based on that, DR. Anna Pou, I believe, only tried to give
comfort care to that patient with a critical condition may not survive the heat, lose power, and
runs out of supply for days after the hurricane. Also, keep in mind no one knows when help come.

4. The huge painkiller dosage found in the dead bodies showed mercy killing. Mercy
killing depends on how you see it and in what conditions. With the 100-degree temperature
and suffocating air, those dying and critical patients will suffer more in their last moments.
Yes, I agree with the statement only God knows when is your time to die, someone religion
/belief value, cultural value, and family value someone’s decision of euthanasia.

5. Because there was none, American Medical Association has no guidelines.
None of the Federal regulations outline the standard of care and provide for physician liability
protection in an emergency that applied to DR. Anna Pou’s case.
Arthur Caplan’s opinion was the administration of the drugs was “not consistent with the ethical
standards, AMA of palliative care that prevail in the United States.
According to the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics, “Individual physicians
have an obligation to provide urgent medical care during disasters.

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