House's ketamine treatment has worn off, which means he has to resort to the use of his cane as a walking aid. He has to diagnose Dr. Ezra Powell (played by Joel Grey), a 71-year-old renowned pioneer in the field of medical research who collapsed while studying cancer in lab rats. House puts Powell through diagnostic rigors, but the team is unable to come up with a conclusive diagnosis, and Powell's health continues to deteriorate. Becoming increasingly debilitated, Powell ultimately demands that the team stop the litany of medical tests and euthanize him. House strikes a deal with him and asks for one day to do tests on him.
When House fails to diagnose Powell in one day, he visits him in his room to give him a lethal morphine dose. Instead of killing him, House puts Powell in a coma, so that he can do his diagnosis in peace. Cameron becomes disgusted with House for acting against the wishes of the patient and for tricking him just so that House can solve his puzzle. House says to Cameron that "you can either save a patient or you can let him die, but you cannot do both". House also asks Cameron to read a particular medical journal. It is later revealed that Dr. Powell had performed radiology treatment as an experiment on many babies without the consent of their parents (which Cameron learns after reading an article in a journal that House subtly suggested). House notices that Powell has lost reflex capabilities in his right arm, and wakes Powell from his coma to find that Powell has also lost sensation in his abdomen and right leg. He sends Cameron to get skin for a biopsy, which she does after discussing Powell's lack of regret for what he did involving the radiation treatment.
House ends up diagnosing Powell with amyloidosis and Chase finds that it is of sub-type AA, and is therefore a terminal illness. The following morning, Cuddy informs House that Powell died at 2:30 am, although had been declared stable at 2:00 am. House then goes to Cameron, who is crying in the hospital chapel, and tells her that he is proud of her, indicating that Cameron had overcome her fear and helped to end the life of the patient according to his wishes.
informed, consent, house, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, consists, almost, entirely, plot, summary, should, expanded, provide, more, bal. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary It should be expanded to provide more balanced coverage that includes real world context Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot April 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Informed Consent House news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Informed Consent is the third episode of the third season of House and the forty ninth episode overall Informed Consent House episodeEpisode no Season 3Episode 3Directed byLaura InnesWritten byDavid FosterFeatured music Into Dust by Mazzy Star Happiness by The Weepies and Have a Little Faith by Paul Hanover BandOriginal air dateSeptember 19 2006 2006 09 19 Guest appearancesJoel Grey as Ezra Powell Leighton Meester as Ali Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda PrevinEpisode chronology Previous Cane and Able Next Lines in the Sand House season 3 List of episodes Contents 1 Plot 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksPlot EditHouse s ketamine treatment has worn off which means he has to resort to the use of his cane as a walking aid He has to diagnose Dr Ezra Powell played by Joel Grey a 71 year old renowned pioneer in the field of medical research who collapsed while studying cancer in lab rats House puts Powell through diagnostic rigors but the team is unable to come up with a conclusive diagnosis and Powell s health continues to deteriorate Becoming increasingly debilitated Powell ultimately demands that the team stop the litany of medical tests and euthanize him House strikes a deal with him and asks for one day to do tests on him When House fails to diagnose Powell in one day he visits him in his room to give him a lethal morphine dose Instead of killing him House puts Powell in a coma so that he can do his diagnosis in peace Cameron becomes disgusted with House for acting against the wishes of the patient and for tricking him just so that House can solve his puzzle House says to Cameron that you can either save a patient or you can let him die but you cannot do both House also asks Cameron to read a particular medical journal It is later revealed that Dr Powell had performed radiology treatment as an experiment on many babies without the consent of their parents which Cameron learns after reading an article in a journal that House subtly suggested House notices that Powell has lost reflex capabilities in his right arm and wakes Powell from his coma to find that Powell has also lost sensation in his abdomen and right leg He sends Cameron to get skin for a biopsy which she does after discussing Powell s lack of regret for what he did involving the radiation treatment House ends up diagnosing Powell with amyloidosis and Chase finds that it is of sub type AA and is therefore a terminal illness The following morning Cuddy informs House that Powell died at 2 30 am although had been declared stable at 2 00 am House then goes to Cameron who is crying in the hospital chapel and tells her that he is proud of her indicating that Cameron had overcome her fear and helped to end the life of the patient according to his wishes Awards EditJennifer Morrison and Joel Grey submitted this episode for consideration of their work in the categories of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series respectively for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards 1 References Edit 2007 Emmys CONFIRMED Episode Submissions The Envelope Forum Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 2007 08 22 Retrieved 2007 06 18 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Informed Consent Informed Consent at Fox com Informed Consent at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Informed Consent House amp oldid 1104042282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
