In the context of consent," voluntariness" refers to a patient's right to make health care
choices free of any undue influence. However, a patient's freedom to make choices can be …

Patients are entitled to make decisions about their medical care and to be given relevant
information on which to base such decisions. The physicians obligation to obtain the …

Substitute decision-making is a means of making health care decisions on behalf of people
who are incapable of making these decisions for themselves. It is based on the ethical …

In the context of patient consent," capacity" refers to the patient's ability to understand
information relevant to a treatment decision and to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable …

The principle of respect for autonomy has shaped much of the bioethics' discourse over the
last 50 years, and is now most commonly used in the meaning of respecting autonomous …

It is a well-settled principle that patients have a right to self-determination. Only twenty years
ago, courts emphasized that the legal underpinnings of the informed consent requirement …

In the context of patient consent," disclosure" refers to the provision of relevant information
by the clinician and its comprehension by the patient. Both elements are necessary for valid …

Do patients want to be autonomous? Current legal and bioethical paradigms suggest that
they not only want to be, but that they ought to be. It is sometimes difficult to sort out whether …

Were I to publish The Practice of Autonomy today, 1 I would make my principal points more
confidently and emphatically because—I am relieved and discouraged to say—recent …

The standard bioethics account is that respecting patient autonomy means ensuring that
patients make their own decisions, and that requires that they give informed consent. In fact …