An Ethical and Legal Reflection on Patients' Right of Self Decision Making
- VernacularTitle:患方自决权的伦理和法律思考
- Author:
Yanyan SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Informed Consent;
Operation Validation Contract;
Medical Dispute;
Right of Self Decision making
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1995;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
There is an extremely shocking tragedy of a real medical case.The cesarean section couldn't be performed on a full-term in-labor woman because the patient's husband refused to sign the operation validation contract,leading to the death of both the will-be mother and the baby.The above case shows a dilemma between protecting patients' rights of life,being cured and operated and protecting the doctors from being prosecuted in medical treatment.
