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Which is NOT true of the principle of free and informed consent?
{ 1 } - It allows a doctor to administer therapy to a patient without consulting him, if in the doctor's expert judgment he believes it to be in the patient's best interest.
{ 2 } - It is a corollary of the principle of well-formed conscience.
{ 3 } - It protects the primary responsibility of each person for his own health care.
{ 4 } - It requires that the patient be told about the nature of the proposed treatment.
{ 5 } - It requires that the patient or a legitimate guardian be allowed to make decisions about the patient's treatment.
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Which is NOT true of the principle of free and informed consent?
{ 1 } - It allows a doctor to administer therapy to a patient without consulting him, if in the doctor's expert judgment he believes it to be in the patient's best interest.
{ 2 } - It is a corollary of the principle of well-formed conscience.
{ 3 } - It protects the primary responsibility of each person for his own health care.
{ 4 } - It requires that the patient be told about the nature of the proposed treatment.
{ 5 } - It requires that the patient or a legitimate guardian be allowed to make decisions about the patient's treatment.
The only situation in which this would not violate the principle would be if the patient were incompetent and there were no legitimate guardian. See p. 186-7.
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Which is NOT true of the principle of free and informed consent?
{ 1 } - It allows a doctor to administer therapy to a patient without consulting him, if in the doctor's expert judgment he believes it to be in the patient's best interest.
{ 2 } - It is a corollary of the principle of well-formed conscience.
{ 3 } - It protects the primary responsibility of each person for his own health care.
{ 4 } - It requires that the patient be told about the nature of the proposed treatment.
{ 5 } - It requires that the patient or a legitimate guardian be allowed to make decisions about the patient's treatment.
See p. 186.
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Which is NOT true of the principle of free and informed consent?
{ 1 } - It allows a doctor to administer therapy to a patient without consulting him, if in the doctor's expert judgment he believes it to be in the patient's best interest.
{ 2 } - It is a corollary of the principle of well-formed conscience.
{ 3 } - It protects the primary responsibility of each person for his own health care.
{ 4 } - It requires that the patient be told about the nature of the proposed treatment.
{ 5 } - It requires that the patient or a legitimate guardian be allowed to make decisions about the patient's treatment.
See p. 186.
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Which is NOT true of the principle of free and informed consent?
{ 1 } - It allows a doctor to administer therapy to a patient without consulting him, if in the doctor's expert judgment he believes it to be in the patient's best interest.
{ 2 } - It is a corollary of the principle of well-formed conscience.
{ 3 } - It protects the primary responsibility of each person for his own health care.
{ 4 } - It requires that the patient be told about the nature of the proposed treatment.
{ 5 } - It requires that the patient or a legitimate guardian be allowed to make decisions about the patient's treatment.
See p. 186.
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Which is NOT true of the principle of free and informed consent?
{ 1 } - It allows a doctor to administer therapy to a patient without consulting him, if in the doctor's expert judgment he believes it to be in the patient's best interest.
{ 2 } - It is a corollary of the principle of well-formed conscience.
{ 3 } - It protects the primary responsibility of each person for his own health care.
{ 4 } - It requires that the patient be told about the nature of the proposed treatment.
{ 5 } - It requires that the patient or a legitimate guardian be allowed to make decisions about the patient's treatment.
See p. 186.
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