Justified Limits on Refusing Intervention

Physicians may justifiably limit patients' refusals of medical interventions when the refusal is based on a negative right to noninterference coupled with a request for an unreasonable alternative.

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Authors: Chervenak, Frank A. (Author) ; McCullough, Laurence B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1991
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 1991, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 12-18
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Summary:Physicians may justifiably limit patients' refusals of medical interventions when the refusal is based on a negative right to noninterference coupled with a request for an unreasonable alternative.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3562330