Running Head ARTICLE CASE LAW RESEARCH 1 HCS 430 Legal Issues in Health Care Case Law Research Maria Eubanks Norman Greene October 27 2014 Running Head ARTICLE CASE LAW RESEARCH 2 Case Law Research This article was found in the Atlanta Journal Constitution Dated June2009 The purpose sof this paper will incorporate sufficient background regarding the article and supply major points Next the paper will discuss legal issues the article involves as well as the conclusion as it will discuss recommendations that Abstract could be made regarding the article Article Case Law Research Facilitating patient choice has been the fundamental goal to palliative care However there are many agendas that challenges us to question the true meaning of palliative care now and in the future Kite and Tate 2005 Keeping the focus this article found in The Atlanta Journal Constitution June 28 2009 entitled The System ignored a mother s plea mother died For the purpose of this paper it will provide background of the article and major points Then it will discuss any legal issues included in the article The conclusion will identify recommendations that are available This article is concerning a case which involves the Georgia Regional Hospital located in Atlanta In January 2009 a patient Na Young was released from the hospital Young had a history of psychotic behavior The patient made a request not to be released and refused to put her signature of the release forms Running Head ARTICLE CASE LAW RESEARCH 3 Case Law Research The brother of the patient also made a plea to the hospital to reconsider his sister release and refused to pick her up that week hoping the hospital would reconsider Prior to Young being submitted into the facility she was physically abusive to her mother and informed the doctor she would kill her mother if she is released from the facility Although Young informed the nurses and doctors of her intentions they still released her On February 10 which was 12 days after her released Young threw gasoline on her mother and set fire to her This of many cases was not the first in which a patient was released from this mental facility against their will In the year of 1990 there were another patient by the name James Calvin Brady was released from this facility by the same doctor and later went to the Perimeter Mall and discharged a weapon killing one and critically injuring at least four others According to Alan 2009 the Justice Department began investigating Georgia state hospitals in 2007 After several articles were found in the paper revealing dozens of deaths from neglect and abuse The hospital sent a 63 page letter to Gov Perdue incorporating details of how the hospital s substandard medical care plan to discharge patients based on inadequate assessments Running Head ARTICLE CASE LAW RESEARCH 4 Case Law Research There were several legal issues that were involved in this article First patient safety This as well as other articles revealed that patients have died and or been injures because of noncompliance of care of the patient and monitoring the safety of the patient The second legal issue involve patient consent This article was very clear when it stated the patient Na Young refuse to sign release forms to leave the hospital and she would not take the medications prescribed once she was released Third the issue involving patient rights All patients have right medical care and not be turned away or provided substandard care The Georgia Regional Hospital had until September 15 2009 to report federal judge concerning the progression of outstanding issues The state has made plans to implement measures to resolve the issues at hand The writer recommend that additional funding be provided to incorporate more community based mental health services Other recommendations includes mental health patients be evaluated regularly and undergo a series of extensive evaluations prior to release and should be monitored on a regular basis Conclusion This article was found in The Atlanta Journal Constitution June 28 2009 entitled System was deaf to pleas mother died There has been adequate background provided in this article which discussed the major points There are also legal issues that were discussed involving the article Recommendations were identified and discussed concerning this article Running Head ARTICLE CASE LAW RESEARCH 5 References Alan J 2005 June 28 System was deaf to pleas mother died The Journal Constitution p a1 Kite S Tate T 2005 July Choice and Palliative Care what do we mean Palliative Medicine 19 4 267 269 Retrieved June 29 2009 from Pro Quest Database