PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Prima Facie, Hippocratic Oath, Professional Code Of Quebec
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Beneficence do good and avoid unnecessary harm. Paternalism: some kind of decision made from an authority figure, for their own good, not based on their will (override suspend a patients capacity for their own good) Pros: doctors are expert in their fields, should guide their decisions. Greater benefit in the future, able to serve the autonomy better. Patients come with diminish autonomy, dr do whatever possible to regain their autonomy. Cons: not told the whole truth, just portion of it (undermines autonomy: pros: doctors are experts in their field and should be trusted took the. Hippocratic oath: autonomy now is minimal, but in the future it"ll be greater put patient in a better position to be autonomous, cons: taking away the patient"s freedom to decide. Ability to rely on confidentiality is connected with self-control, be in control in what people know about me. Unlike b that is in the professional code(not like maleficent)
