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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Within bioethics, respect for—and protection of—personal autonomy has been linked historically to the requirement that prior to invasive treatment, physicians obtain the informed consent of their patients. In placing a duty on physicians to inform patients adequately about their condition and the proposed treatment and to seek their patients’ consent, the paternalism previously associated with medicine was thought to have been overturned in favor of respect for patients’ autonomy. Over the past three decades, the effect has been to change the image of the doctor-patient relationship from the presumed beneficent paternalism of the doctor, acting on the best (medical) interests of the compliant patient, to a contract between patient-consumer and doctor-service provider. In this approach the physician has the role of expert adviser, providing information to the consumer, who then makes her or his health-care decisions free from paternalistic medical interference.</jats:p>
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- Relational Autonomy
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Relational Autonomy 213-235, 2000-01-27
Oxford University PressNew York, NY
