El médico intensivista ante la autonomía del paciente: una aproximación a partir de algunos casos clínicos
Keywords
FilosofíaPersonal autonomy
informed consent
physician-patient relations
euthanasia
assisted suicide
refusal to treat (Source Decs
Bireme)
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Three clinical cases are introduced and analyzed in this article to clarifying the scope and limits of the principle of patient autonomy and the physician's responsibility when it comes to making therapeutic decisions regarding patients who are involved in intensive therapy. The conclusion is that informed consent does not relieve the physician of the obligation to discern what is best in each case for each patient. The medical team must respect the patients autonomy, provided the patients decision is not unethical.Date
2012Type
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