On competency, consent and emotional duress: a case study.
This case study examines the matters of competency and informed consent in the case of a patient whose express-but potentially misguided-wishes conflict with medical opinion and the desires of the family. It considers the roles played by emotional, physical and circumstantial factors and attempts to reach a solution which is both consistent with medical ethics and feasible in a clinical setting. Also contains a brief review of Health Care Ethics in Canada, a Canadian bioethics textbook edited by Francois Baylis et al.
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Trinity College in the University of Toronto, Canada.
D001675:Bioethics; D003657:Decision Making; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D026706:Paternalism; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D016312:Treatment Refusal
Mental Health Therapies; Professional Patient Relationship