Reconceiving the Family: The Process of Consent in Medical Decisionmaking

Bioethicists think about families in terms of conflicting interests. This mistake results from an impoverished notion of informed consent. Only by adequately characterizing the process of informed consent can we capture the phenomenon of shared decisionmaking.

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Main Author: Kuczewski, Mark G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1996
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 1996, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 30-37
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Summary:Bioethicists think about families in terms of conflicting interests. This mistake results from an impoverished notion of informed consent. Only by adequately characterizing the process of informed consent can we capture the phenomenon of shared decisionmaking.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3528574