Introduction

Because of the severe consequences that can arise in the health care system, being ethical should be greatly. This paper includes an interview conducted on November 1St 2014, over the phone, on a patient’s hospitalization experience, and how it is related to ethics in health care.

Description of Patient experience

Patient A shared that she was hospitalized at Columbia University to undergo a Thymecthomy in September 2014. The patient was diagnosed in late 2005 with Myasthenia Gravis. This was patient A’s second time being hospitalized. The patient had been hospitalized in 2006 at George Washington University after having a Myasthenia Gravis crisis. However, this was Patient A’s first time having a surgery. She was put on IV for three days and being watched. Patient A has since regularly been a patient at GWU to monitor her disease. Therefore, Patient A is in regular contact with healthcare workers. Patient A tells that she was referred to a surgeon at Columbia University for a thymecthomy (Patient A, personal communication, November 1st 2014). Myasthenia Gravis is a chronic disease, and the chances of remission are rare. Thymecthomy has in certain cases improved the patient’s health after . Patient A was offered two alternatives to the surgery. An invasive one which would require an incision, or a minimally invasive one, where cameras would be inserted on the side of the chest area, leaving very little scars, and allowing for a much faster to recovery time. Patient A chose the second option. The patient was told to report to the hospital at 9AM, and the surgery was scheduled for 12pm. The patient was not allowed to eat before the surgery. Patient A’s surgery started at 9pm and ended around 2am. She was then admitted into ICU for two days, before she was moved to a shared room where she spent two additional days. According to patient A, although