Social, Institutional, and Economic Barriers to the Exercise of Patients' Rights

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During the past 30 years, the autonomy of patients has displaced beneficence on the part of physicians as the chief tenet of medical ethics.1 Respect for patients' autonomy is now considered fundamental to the practice of medicine. It is best exemplified by the universally recognized doctrine of informed consent. Patients have the right to information about their own medical care, as well as the right to accept or reject any recommended treatment. The physician formulates alternatives for dealing with a medical problem and advises the patient about the risks and benefits of these alternatives. The choice among them is the . . .

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