Suzanne's Story About Learning To Be An Advocate For Your Own Health Case Analysis

I choose to analyze the Suzanne's story about learning to be an advocate for her own healthcare. The first genre I noticed was the ability of the writer to making me picture Suzanne walking bare foot in the grass, and then again when she was crying in the hospital waiting room. The author described the scene. The second genre was the allure- something that made me interested in reading the story. The author starts off the story by saying that Suzanne moved to Colorado form Ecuador and that she knew learning English would be the key to her success. Another genre that interested me was how the author described Suzanne's experience when she couldn't communicate with her health care provider. This made me want to further analyze Suzanne's background. Lastly, the story left a dominant impression. If Suzanne hadn't stood up for herself, she could have had long-term damage to her foot. This shows how being an advocate for your own health is very important.

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Autonomy is the freedom and ability to act in a self-determined manner. Suzanne was showing autonomy when she stood up for herself and demanded the health care provider look at her foot. Beneficence means that people take actions to benefit and promote the welfare of other people. When Suzanne got the job with health insurance, she was benefitting her family's welfare and making sure that they were taken care of. Justice is a principle in the healthcare ethics that refers to fairness, treating people equally and without prejudice. Nonmaleficence is the principle used to communicate the obligation to "do no harm". I believe that when Suzanne went in to get her foot looked at and couldn't be understood by the doctors because of her trouble speaking English was a misuse of justice and nonmaleficence. They did not treat her fairly because they just sent her away. They also did her harm by ignoring her pain and not treating