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Consent needs to be… (3)

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  • Uncoerced
  • Capacity
  • Information
2
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Informed choice (2)

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  • Consent

- Respect for autonomy

3
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Medical Autonomy - Justification

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  • Promotes disclosure and seeking of care; better outcome overall
  • Normative authority of patients to make decisions for themselves regardless of their interests
  • Patients are better positioned to evaluate their overall interests
  • Not absolute (public health, duty to warn)
4
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Childbirth concerns (4)

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  • Lack of ability to make decisions
  • Emergency situation
  • Decision under duress
  • Inability to inform
5
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Conscientious Objection

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  • Refusal to perform a legal role or responsibility because of moral values or other personal beliefs.
  • Abortion, circumcision, medical assistance in dying
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Risky action

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-An action that has a high probability of resulting in a negative or undesirable outcome.

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Morally risky action

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-An action that has a high probability of resulting in a morally wrong outcome.

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Degree of risk (5)

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  1. Likelihood act is wrong
  2. Severity of potential wrongdoing
  3. Cost of avoiding potential wrongdoing
  4. Responsibility for wrongdoing
  5. Moral risks of not acting