title: Philosophical reflections on a rational treatment plan.
abstract: Diagnosis is widely regarded to be governed by logical rules, but constructing a rational treatment plan has received less philosophical attention. I examine such treatment plans under three senses of the term "rational": consensual, scientific, and ethical. My thesis is that treatment plans, even those based on medical indications alone, are inherently consensual and are governed by a logic of proportionality.
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D009014:Morals; D010358:Patient Participation; D018579:Patient Selection; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012586:Science; D012945:Social Values; D013812:Therapeutics; D013850:Thinking; D028761:Withholding Treatment