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  • Title: Patient autonomy and the physician's ethics.
    Author: Pellegrino ED.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can; 1994 Apr; 27(3):171-3. PubMed ID: 15586967.
    Abstract:
    In the last 25 years, patient autonomy has displaced physician beneficence as a dominant principle in medical ethics. This has enhanced the moral right of patients to refuse unwanted treatment and to participate in clinical decisions. But now, in some cases, patient autonomy is being absolutized. The right to refuse is becoming a right to demand treatment. The result is danger to the moral and professional integrity of physicians. A reassessment of the mutual moral obligations of physicians and patients to respect each other's autonomy is in order.
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