Mr Walker Case Summary

In case 2, Mr. Walker, the husband, decided to take the gamble and take his wife home because his wife had not been treated kindly by the medical stuff of the hospital, and because they would have to face the high costs of the wife’s hospitalization for something that might not end up being so serious. However, in my opinion, the husband made the wrong decision in this case because the life of his wife should have been more important than either the costs or the way they were been treated by the medical stuff. Just because they were not treated politely once by the medical stuff, the couple should not expect to receive the same treatment that they had received before. They could have also moved to another hospital to receive this treatment.
The physician should strongly emphasize to the couple that by letting the husband take his wife home, this could result in an even bigger consequence for them. At the end if the wife develops the bacterial meningitis they may actually end up paying more for more intensive treatment, and in the worst case scenario, he would have to live with the guilt of having his children without their mother. Mr.

In a paternalistic stance the physician would need to use strong soft paternalism. Even though the physician would show a strong type of paternalism toward Mrs. Walker by opposing the husband's decision, at the end if the life of the wife is saved the couple would be grateful about this decision. The principle of Utility states the morally right action is the one that has the best outcome in the long run, the husband should have thought of the worst case scenario, what would happen if the wife does develop bacterial meningitis and she ends up dying? Thats is why I believe the husband should have allowed his wife to stay a couple more days to “play it safe” and have the best outcome at the