Susan is a nurse in the medical intensive care unit. For the past 3 days, she has cared for Ms B, a 59-year-old woman admitted with pelvic pain. Ms B was transferred to the medical intensive care unit because of hemodynamic instability after vaginal blood loss. She has undergone diagnostic tests and has a new diagnosis of uterine cancer. Ms B retains decision-making capacity but is critically ill and decisions need to be made about her treatment. Ms B has not yet been told her cancer diagnosis because she speaks Cantonese and the health care team has been working to coordinate a meeting where a certified health care interpreter can help deliver this news.

However, in the meantime, a medical intern has inadvertently disclosed Ms B’s cancer diagnosis to Ms B’s aunt, Mei, while she was visiting the hospital one afternoon. Mei, although devastated by the new cancer diagnosis, is...

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