MODULE 10 :: DISCUSSION BOARD

Please answer the following questions as a discussion board post. You do not need to reply to your peers.

1. How did the final count of patient deaths at Memorial Hospital compare to other health care facilities?
2. What would Tenet have to show to demonstrate no wrongdoing with regard to patient deaths?
3. How were families informed about the deaths of their loved ones by Tenet? What happened to the patients evacuated by Tenet busses and helicopters?
4. What do the investigators learn from family members of the deceased? From the autopsy? Why is midazolam so important to this case? Morphine?
5. Discuss Butch Schafer’s mantra, “Don’t. Get. Emotionally. Involved” (265), taking into consideration his personal situation