PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G J Agich TI - When consent is unbearable: an alternative case analysis. AID - 10.1136/jme.5.1.26 DP - 1979 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 26--28 VI - 5 IP - 1 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/5/1/26.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/5/1/26.full SO - J Med Ethics1979 Mar 01; 5 AB - Dr Agich takes up a previous difficult case related by Dr Kottow in an earlier issue of the Journal. He analyses the three ethical problems as presented in the case and offers his own opinion of it as well as his own conclusions with regard to the medical ethical aspects of it. Unlike Dr Kottow, Dr Agich's reading of the case indicates that the application of the principle of informed consent does not rule out ethical decisions for the physician, but emphasizes the relevance of ethical analysis beyond the issue of informed consent.