This is the first YouTube segment of the videotaped deposition of Dr. Stephen Swift Brockway, formerly of THE MEADOWS of Wickenburg, taken for the wrongful death/medical malpractice lawsuit, BURNE v THE MEADOWS. Segments 2 through 4 are also available on YouTube and are suggested viewing. It is recommended they be watched in chronological order (1,2,3,4) in order to follow the deposition testimony easily. THE MEADOWS of Wickenburg is the renowned, remote and private facility that has treated such glitterati and public figures as Rush Limbaugh, Kate Moss, Elle MacPherson, Cindy McCain, and Eric Benet.
In November 2004, Dr. Stephen Brockway was an in-house, on-staff Psychiatrist at The Meadows of Wickenburg and was the attending psychiatrist for R. Matthew "Matt" Burne who died from suicide while an inpatient there on November 28, 2004.
Watch Dr. Brockway give sworn depositional testimony regarding THE MEADOWS of Wickenburg's unlocked and unsecured Acute Unit,their open campus philosophy, his uncertainty about closed-circuit cameras, his interpretation of Policy #NSG750, and his clinical belief and judgment that (quote), "If we have 70 patients at The Meadows, there might be 20 at any one time that have suicidal ideation. So it's a matter of degree. I put people on eye-to-eye when it's a fairly serious suicidal ideation." Who determines what a "seriousl suicidal ideation" looks like, and shouldn't ALL suicidal ideation at a $1000.00+/day hospital or ANY hospital be taken seriously and patients protected?
Additional and detailed information about this video will be added periodically. Please check back for an updates. For more information go to Break the Silence at: www.Break-the-Silence.org
Plaintiff's Attorney, Skip Simpson of Frisco, TX (www.skipsimpson.com)conducted this deposition in Wickenburg, AZ.
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ChasRTE 2 years ago
TO: "Blacklicoriceicecrem" You obviously have no clue of how WONDERFUL, POWERFUL and HEALING " The Meadows " truly is! You are either in denial of your own woundedness or you are blinded and bound by some form of Chemical or Mental imbalance in your Heart, Soul and Body. Pia Mellody and the Meadow's have helped mutitudes of people begin to put their lives into a healthy perspective. Maybe you should look into checking yourself into the " Sierra Tucson" facility in Tucson Arizona......
EmbracingGodsWill 2 years ago
Never....ever...go to any place like this in Arizona! I have never seen such filthy dirty hospitals with druggies wandering the corridors. You arn't safe unless you are admitted. Don't go to any place like this in airzona!
blacklicoriceicecrem 3 years ago