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Physician-Patient Ethical Rights
Whether there are legal or other considerations aside, what do you see as the ethical rights and responsibilities of both the patient (or in this case, the patient's son) and the physician in terms of autonomy? Patients have the autonomy to make decisions regarding their own bodies and medical treatments. Professionals are accorded autonomy in their practice of medicine on the basis of their expertise and the trust of their patients. These two senses of autonomy must be balanced for optimal physician-patient relationships. In this case I believe that the ethical rights and responsibilities of the physician is violated. I also believe that the patient (not the patient’s son) autonomy and ethical rights may be violated too by the patient’s
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