You want to feed a patient against her will.
A pregnant mother who's killing her baby.
We believe she has something called orthorexia, an obsession with healthy living that has limited her diet so severly that it's become dangerous.
And has led to a pathologic distrust of the entire medical system. She won't let us do anything.
Well, is she delusional? Can she make decisions on her own?
No, she is very clear about what she wants and what she does not want.
Well, then we can't prove incompetence, and we can't force her to do anything to her body she doesn't want. The law sides with her.
But there are two patients here.
Yeah, one of whom has no control over what's being done to it.
This is child abuse.
Well, I can convene an emergency ethics committee. It's possible they may find grounds to override her decision.
And in the meantime?
See if you can find a way to help her trust us.
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