PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Paternalism
4 Feb 2013
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Doctor has so many years of experience so to ask for no bias is a shame. They are wiser and has more information, better judgement because of being so much more informed and skilled then asked actually not to use all of her background knowledge. People are not facts, not objects as kant would say they are subjects. To treat someone if you walked in, announce diagnosis, run through treatment options and walk out the door is to treat someone not as a person, just go through mechanical role of the basics. Almost ignoring there is a subject in there. Patient and physician is seen as loose contract. Vague not clear of meeting point (overlap) between patient and physician is. What is the dynamic (very unclear in textbook according to prof). Unspoken relationship between patient and physician patient has role to listen, physician gives advice. Patient needs physician (more vulnerable), physician needs patient (in a lesser sense)
