RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medical mismanagement or public vacillation?
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 179
OP 181
DO 10.1136/jme.7.4.179
VO 7
IS 4
A1 P N Bamford
YR 1981
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/7/4/179.abstract
AB Ian Kennedy extols the virtues of self-determination by patients: they should make their own decisions about medical treatment after being given advice by their doctors; for doctors to make such decisions on their patients' behalf is authoritarian and unacceptable (I). I present a case where, despite thorough consultation and counselling, the decisions made by the patient and supported by her doctors were found to be consistently inappropriate to her changing lifestyle.