CAT 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Radical Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, Paternalism
17 Mar 2014
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Parents who expect to make decisions for children, for their own good. A decision made by the parents independent of the will of the child, for the child"s own safety: e. g. Seatbelt law: click it or ticket. there are, however, people who prefer not to, but would not end up better off if in an accident. Many people do not want to wear motorcycle helmets either. No beer, or alcohol in the dorms, or in the campus. Your own good, so these laws are paternalistic. Mainly the doctor, because he has the medical expertise to know your condition, and decide what the best treatment option is. Independently of the will of the patient, but for the better health of the patient: this is not an ideology of doctors. This is a doctrine: the doctor makes the decision of what information is told to the patient.
