Waiver of Informed Consent, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Problem of Unjust Families and Traditions
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in Hastings Center Report
- Vol. 32 (5) , 14-22
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3528709
Abstract
To be autonomous, a person must also have authentic moral values. She must act on her own values, not on values that were improperly pressed upon her. To respect a patient's autonomy, then, a caregiver must do more than carry out her requests. The caregiver must honor the patient's authentic requests. But how to do that?Keywords
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