The medical involvement of Dr. Lynn Laitinen Kloss, wife of the P.O.A. and sister-in-law to Joann, was troublesome in that  it caused unnecessary delays to the treatment of a known and very time critical situation for Joann. These delays were further amplified by the fact that Lynn Kloss was 2000 miles away from the patient, and not even licensed to practice any kind of medicine let alone neurology, in the state of Arizona. Whether her medical participation was of her choosing or at the insistence of her mentally unstable husband is irrelevant.

As a doctor she would have been well aware that being involved with or asserting her medical influence regarding the treatment of a family member is in direct conflict with The American Medical Association’s code of ethics. In addition to that fact, she would have also been well aware that Joann’s medical needs were far beyond her own field of expertise and training as an occupational medical practitioner. She would have had a medical and moral obligation to explain these facts to her husband, and to advise him that delays of any kind would not be in Joann’s best interest and could quite likely reduce Joann’s odds of recovery when dealing with such a time critical illness.

Moreover she was aware of her husband’s ADHD condition, possibly treating him (her direct family member) for it, and concealing his mental instability from Joann’s 2000 mile distant care providers who were specialists in the field of Joann’s medical needs. This was allowing them to believe that they were dealing with a P.O.A. of sound mind and judgement, when in fact they were not. This secretive and unethical action on her part could in no way been considered to be in the best interest of Joann.