Abandoning Informed Consent

Abandoning Informed Consent

Clinicians cannot obtain valid consent to treatment because they cannot guess which treatment option will serve a particular patient's best interests. These guesses could be made more accurately if patients were paired with providers who share their deep values.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Hastings Center report 1995-03, Vol.25 (2), p.5-12
1. Verfasser: Veatch, Robert M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - adverse effects
Consent judgments
Decision Making
Disclosure
Dysrhythmias
Ethical Analysis
Ethical aspects
Ethical Theory
Ethics
Health care
Humans
Informed consent
Informed consent (Medical law)
Informed Consent - legislation & jurisprudence
Internal-External Control
Male
Medical ethics
Medications
Morality
Paternalism
Patient Education as Topic - legislation & jurisprudence
Patient Participation - legislation & jurisprudence
Philosophy, Medical
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians
Quality of Life
Risk Assessment
Social Values
Tachycardia, Ventricular - complications
Tachycardia, Ventricular - drug therapy
Tradeoffs
Wellbeing
Withholding Treatment
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Zusammenfassung:Clinicians cannot obtain valid consent to treatment because they cannot guess which treatment option will serve a particular patient's best interests. These guesses could be made more accurately if patients were paired with providers who share their deep values.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
DOI:10.2307/3562859