PHLB09H3 Lecture 7: PHLB09 Lecture 7 Informed Consent
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Midterm: definitions, organization principles, positions, short answers (problems with paternalism, informed consent, etc. One/two assessment issues e. g. is something morally accessible) The concept of informed consent , faden & beauchamp. Two opposed concepts: (1)autonomous authorization; concerns individuals (2) following rules that form institutional practices; concerns groups. Unlike (1), for (2) neither autonomy nor authorization is necessary. It is not impossible that they can be compatible: informed consent as autonomous authorization. Informed consent isn"t mere agreement/submission: understanding, self-control iii, authorization (considered the most important by faden and. Assume responsible for action a; transfer to another one"s authority to perform a: there are no rules followed with ic (1) Autonomous action can satisfy 1-3 without satisfying 4: authorization is just one kind of autonomous act, refusal is another: informed refusal (191) How to reach agreement about intervention: shared decision-making, but informed consent doesn"t entail sdm, informed consent is indifferent to proposal origin. Authorization isn"t autonomous, but legally or institutionally effective (1992)
