PHIL 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Informed Consent
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Doctors are obligated to restore conditions so patients can think clearly. Parents can request for their kids to be treated in a certain way even if some people think that it would be against the kid"s autonomy. If 1 and 2 are false, then if a has earlier requested that life-sustaining treatment be withheld or denied to b, respecting their (a and b) autonomy requires denying the treatment. Respect for a patient"s autonomy requires limiting what one does in order to promote his autonomy: the patient has waived his right to be informed. When we are sick or facing the prospect of not living the life we"re used to living, it"s natural to act us in a way that we can"t make important decision (this is what. They believe doctors are obligated to restore conditions so patients can think clearly. It"s never okay to corease a patient to undergo certain treatments even if the doctor has good intentions.
