PHL283H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Leukemia
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This is a problem that cannot be solved once and for all but in a case by case basis: sanctity of life (discuss) to understand quality of life. Distinction between them is a product of democratic system. Sanctity of life is part of our private belief. Quality of life is the standard of treatment. Communication gives respect for the patient context principle/ culture. What the person means to understand quality of life for them. Competency assessing rationality (a product or a process). Culture many cultures to consider what quality of life is: define decrepit = broken. Two things: practically decrepit (does not work), theoretically decrepit (if it"s based upon a problematic notion of self). What it means to de-center self (according to. Nothing based on freud: tell me what your ethic first (ie. pragmatic point of view). Apply to paternalism (there are two types weak or strong?) The position on abortion i argued last week led to infanticide.
