PEACEST 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chemotherapy, Paternalism, Naturopathy
8 Dec 2015
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Drive towards autonomy and the increasing availability of: patients less accepting of the physicians decisions. Different approaches how physicians interact with patients. Assumes that the patient"s role is to assent to the physician"s factors judgment: patient must submit whenever they give a recommendation, the physician is the superior. Assumes that the physician should act as the patients guardian: take on a fatherly role. Problems: disregards the autonomy of the patient, not treating the patient as a meaningful end, and prevents patients from making rational choices. Assumes that the patient can independently know what is best for them: the patient is a rational being choices, presumes they will ask the question they need to ask. Assumes that the patient"s role is to make their own health care: doctor may have their personal views must keep them to, difficult to not give our own opinions themselves.
