RELIGST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Congenital Syphilis, Syphilis, Primum Non Nocere

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2C03
• Professor: Shannon Buckley

Document Summary

Going to need to know the four principles well. Pay attention to the criticisms to the principle approach. Assu(cid:373)es the patie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s (cid:448)alues a(cid:396)e defi(cid:374)ed, fi(cid:454)ed a(cid:374)d k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) to the patie(cid:374)t. Important to think about if values at play. The role of the physician is to provide relevant factual information, and then to implement the patie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s (cid:272)hose(cid:374) i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374). Autonomy is understood as having choice and/or control over medical care: about choice. The physician is the competent technical expert; service provider: relationship not particularly close. Assumes patient and physician share objective values about health (and presumably about other areas of life too): values can be objectively discovered, works well for family practitioners. The (cid:396)ole of the ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)ia(cid:374) is to p(cid:396)o(cid:373)ote the patie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s (cid:449)ell-(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t of the patie(cid:374)t(cid:859)s preferences (dr. knows best): not looking at patient as a whole human. Auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) is u(cid:374)de(cid:396)stood as patie(cid:374)t (cid:862)asse(cid:374)t(cid:863) to t(cid:396)eat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)i. e. patie(cid:374)t ag(cid:396)ees (cid:449)ith ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)ia(cid:374).