PHL 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dementia, Primum Non Nocere, Advance Healthcare Directive
25 Aug 2017
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Ethics in health care week 3 day 1. Bioethics in canada (p. 96-109; 116-119, p. 121 scenario #5 123) Internally if we lack intellectual and psychological capacities to truly choose for ourselves, and to understand the consequences of those choices. Externally if the circumstances within which we find ourselves do not allow free choices from a range of options if we do not have sufficient information to make reasonable judgements about those options. 2 e. g. someone who is not fully informed about the (cid:396)isks of a p(cid:396)opose t(cid:396)eat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t make an autonomous choice to accept or refuse treatment. Autonomy and the concept of a whole life . The ethical limits of autonomy . These principles need to be balanced with one another autonomy and justice come into tension with one another when individuals ask for more than their fair share of the available health care resources. Requirements of informed consent are easy to meet:
