MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Autonomous Agent, Moral Agency, No Age
24 Feb 2020
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What does an autonomous moral agent mean: right to self determination, capable of making own decisions, able to make choices for self freely, foundation of doctrine of informed consent. Legal right: right to govern his or her own affairs, acknowledge individuals to live life by open values, safeguard patients right to liberty and pursuit of happiness, no age of consent identified. Informed consent consists of: elements: disclosure, cognition, consent, refusal, choice, conditions of informed consent, freedom, absence of control but others (coercion, intentional and voluntary, competence. Age of consent: given the process of consent, what is the age of consent, there is none. Problems with theory of informed consent: based on premise, hcp knowledge of medical facts, patient has values, how proposed treatment fits with values, theory presumptuous. Disclosure of information: how much, patient needs to be clear on goals, amount relative to risk, assume autonomous, not deny treatment conflicts, ensure understand before assessing.
