BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
Ethics
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-?-autonomy refers to the physician's obligation to
respect patients as individuals and to honor their preferences in medical care.
Informed consent requires: discussion of pertinent
information; patient's agreement to the plan of care; and -?-freedom from coercion.
Exceptions to informed consent are: patient lacks
decision-making capacity; the therapeutic privilege of withholding information
when disclosure would severely harm patient or undermine informed consent
capacity; when patient waives the right of informed consent; and,
-?-implied consent in an emergency.
If the patient is non-compliant, the appropriate physician
response is -?-work to improve the physician-patient relationship. If family members ask for information about
patient's prognosis, the appropriate physician response is -?-avoid discussing with relatives without permission of the patient. If
patient is angry about the amount of time s/he spent in the waiting room, the
appropriate physician response is -?-apologize for inconvenience but avoid explaining reason(s) for delay.
The most common factor leading to litigation is
-?-poor communication between physician and patient.