RT Article
T1 Patient autonomy and withholding information
JF Bioethics
VO 37
IS 3
SP 256
OP 264
A1 Rees, Melissa
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1836297068
AB Disclosure in clinical practice is aimed at promoting patient autonomy, usually culminating in patient choice (e.g., to consent to an operation or not, or between different medications). In medical ethics, there is an implicit background assumption that knowing more about (X) automatically translates to greater, or more genuine, autonomy with respect to one's choices involving (X). I challenge this assumption by arguing that in rare cases, withholding information can promote a patient's autonomy (understood as the capacity for rational choice in alignment with one's values and goals).
K1 Understanding
K1 Information
K1 Disclosure
K1 Consent
K1 Autonomy
DO 10.1111/bioe.13130