title: Patient autonomy: imperfect, insufficient, but still quite necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, USA. lross@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Lainie Friedman
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D026706:Paternalism / Q000941:ethics*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000208:ethnology; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States