title: Physician Paternalism and Severe Disability: Strengthening Autonomy through Therapeutic Engagement.
authors.affiliation: Medical staff of Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and a faculty member in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
authors.forename: Kristi L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kirschner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D032882:Comprehension; D003657:Decision Making; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D026706:Paternalism / Q000941:ethics; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D035501:Uncertainty