COVID, paternalism, and the death of patient autonomy

A year ago, if you had asked me if most doctors respected their patients’ wishes, I would have answered with a resounding yes. If you had asked me if medicine had divorced its paternalistic roots when physicians trampled over ideals like patient autonomy and non-malfeasance, I would have said yes. But that was last year, […]

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Original Article Posted at : https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/12/covid-paternalism-and-the-death-of-patient-autonomy.html