Selecting Treatment Options and Choosing Between them: Delineating Patient and Professional Autonomy in Shared Decision-Making

Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 4 - 24
Published: Sep 21, 2019
Abstract
Professional control in the selection of treatment options for patients is changing. In light of social and legal developments emphasising patient choice and autonomy, and restricting medical paternalism and judicial deference, this article examines how far patients and families can demand NHS treatment in England and Wales. It considers situations where the patient is an adult with capacity, an adult lacking capacity and a child. In all three...
Paper Details
Title
Selecting Treatment Options and Choosing Between them: Delineating Patient and Professional Autonomy in Shared Decision-Making
Published Date
Sep 21, 2019
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
4 - 24
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