Alan Meisel and Mark Kuczewski | Legal and Ethical Myths

question 39

Multiple Choice

Alan Meisel and Mark Kuczewski | Legal and Ethical Myths About Informed Consent
Meisel and Kuczewski review eight myths that impede the practice of obtaining informed consent, due primarily to an understanding of the concept from a legal, rights-oriented point of view. When a shared process approach is used instead, in which patients and physicians each have access to interrelated facts and values, informed consent can accommodate both patient autonomy and physician responsibility.
-Most attacks on informed consent are based on the idea that patient autonomy is incompatible with

• A) patients' well-being.
• B) physicians' values.
• C) physician responsibility.
• D) delivery-of-care arrangements.

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Definitions:

Levels Of Intervention

The range of strategies or actions, from individual to systemic, employed in various fields such as healthcare, social work, or environmental science, to address issues or promote change.

Planning Process

The series of steps taken to define goals, develop strategies, and outline tasks and schedules to achieve the desired outcomes.

Prioritize Problems

The process of determining the most important issues to address first based on their urgency or impact.

Prioritizing Problems

The process of determining the order in which issues or challenges should be addressed based on their urgency, importance, or potential impact.