Waiver of Informed Consent, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Problems of Unjust Families and Traditions

Hastings Center Report 32 (5):14-22 (2002)
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Abstract

To be autonomous, a person must also have authentic moral values. She must act on her own values, not on values that were improperly pressed upon her. To respect a patient's autonomy, then, a caregiver must do more than carry out her requests. The caregiver must honor the patient's authentic requests. But how to do that?

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Insoo Hyun
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