The Problem of Proxies With Interests of Their Own: Toward a Better Theory of Proxy Decisions
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Hardwig, JohnKeywords
AgedAllowing to Die
Autonomy
Case Studies
Competence
Consent
Decision Making
Dementia
Deontological Ethics
Economics
Ethical Theory
Ethics
Family Members
Family Relationship
Informed Consent
Justice
Legal Aspects
Life
Marital Relationship
Medical Ethics
Moral Obligations
Moral Policy
Motivation
Patients
Physicians
Proxy
Quality of Life
Resource Allocation
Risks and Benefits
Spousal Consent
Standards
Third Party Consent
Treatment Refusal
Withholding Treatment
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Abstract
Patient autonomy is the cornerstone of our medical ethics. Given this commitment to autonomy, proxy decisions will always strike us as problematic: it is always more difficult to ensure that the wishes of the patient are embodied in treatment decisions when someone else must speak for the patient. Proxy decisions are especially disturbing when we fear that the proxy's judgment is tainted by his own interests, so that the proxy is covertly requesting the treatmentDate
2015-05-05Identifier
oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/740540Journal of Clinical Ethics. 1993 Spring; 4(1): 20-27.
1046-7890
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