International Journal of Medical Sciences (Jan 2011)

Medical Decision and Patient's Preference: 'Much Ethics' and More Trust Always Needed

  • Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Emmanouil K Symvoulakis

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4
pp. 351 – 352

Abstract

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There is much discussion on medical ethics literature regarding the importance of the patients' right for self-determination. We discuss some of the limitations of patient's autonomy with the aim to draw attention to the ethical complexity of medical decision making in the everyday clinical practice.