TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preferences of Patients A1 - Jonsen, Albert R. A1 - Siegler, Mark A1 - Winslade, William J. Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 9e AB - This chapter discusses the second topic that is essential to the analysis of an ethical problem in clinical medicine, namely, the preferences of patients. By preferences of patients, we mean the choices that persons make when they are faced with decisions about health and medical treatment. These choices reflect the patient’s own experience, beliefs, and values as informed by the physician’s recommendations. The previous topic, Medical Indications, concerns the physician’s clinical judgment about a patient’s medical condition and about interventions that might objectively improve deficits in that condition. When there are medical indications for treatment, a physician should propose a treatment plan that a patient may accept or refuse. We will discuss: (1) the ethical principle of respect for the autonomy of the patient; (2) the legal, clinical, and psychological significance of patient preferences; (3) informed consent; (4) decisional capacity; (5) truth in medical communication; (6) cultural and religious beliefs; (7) refusal of treatment; (8) advance directives; (9) surrogate decisions; (10) the challenging patient; and (11) alternative medicine. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186990881 ER -