Mandatory Disclosure and Medical Paternalism
Medical practitioners are duty-bound to tell their patients the truth about their medical conditions, along with the risks and benefits of proposed treatments. Some patients, however, would rather not receive medical information. A recent response to this tension has been to argue that that the disc...
| Published in: | Ethical theory and moral practice |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2016]
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| In: |
Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 409-424 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCH Medical ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Informed Consent
B Paternalism B Epistemic paternalism B patient autonomy B The right not to know |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |