title: Autonomy, consent and persuasion.
abstract: In this article the author considers whether healthcare professionals should be under a legal duty to persuade their patients to change their minds when they have made an apparently irrational decision.
authors.affiliation: School of Law, University of Dundee.
authors.forename: Alisdair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maclean
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D006113:United Kingdom