The Role of Regret in Medical Decision-making

In this paper, I explore the role that regret does and should play in medical decision-making. Specifically, I consider whether the possibility of a patient experiencing post-treatment regret is a good reason for a clinician to counsel against that treatment or to withhold it. Currently, the belief...

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Published in:Ethical theory and moral practice
Main Author: McQueen, Paddy 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2017]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 1051-1065
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
NCH Medical ethics
VA Philosophy
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Regret
B transformative experience
B medical decision-making
B gender reassignment surgery / Sex
B Voluntary sterilisation
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