HLST 4010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cognitive Bias, Paternalism, Georgetown University Press
14 Oct 2020
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It depends on the circumstances and the impact on oneself and others. Jogging during extremely hot weather conditions when people are warned to avoid physical exertion on the other hand is unlikely to have the same terrible impact as a drunk driver or a violent person who is intoxicated. Incompetence only works with those with medical needs (adult: juvenile need assistance of parents to make the decision. Competence-criticisms: paternalism should obviously not be involved in fixing criteria for competence, even though over-riding a patient"s consent by declaring them incompetent can be a very paternalistic decision. It is here where what do we mean by competence arouses continuing debate. Surrogacy and capacity- ontario: ontario"s consent and capacity board deals with: Reality: while it would be ideal if an advance directive exists prior to determining a treatment decision, such directives are seldom undertaken by most people, as steven baumrucker, et. al. , note in their article:
