@article {Taylor-Robinson215, author = {Simon D Taylor-Robinson}, title = {Personal perspectives: having the time to observe the patient}, volume = {48}, number = {4}, pages = {215--216}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2020-107041}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {Being a medically qualified patient can be an unpleasant experience for a person who is used to making decisions. For the most part, this applies to the vast majority of doctors and other healthcare professionals. Becoming passive and surrendering the decision-making process to others is alien to the medical culture we were taught. However, when as a hospitalised medically qualified patient, one sees fellow patients in difficulty, or deteriorating clinically, unnoticed by medical staff, the question of whether it is ethical to intervene arises. I report my views on this as a largely passive, but still actively thinking patient.There are no data in this work.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/48/4/215}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/48/4/215.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }