Contemporary medical ethicists and clinicians are concerned about the role of patient autonomy in providing health care

Discussion:

Contemporary medical ethicists and clinicians are concerned about the role of patient autonomy in providing health care.Medical ethics and law have enshrined patient autonomy in guiding treatment decisions and refusing care, but how far this principle extends is not clear.Some ethicists have suggested that patient autonomy trumps all other principles guiding health care, while others seek to balance it with competing concerns (like what is in the patient’s best medical interest).Should patient autonomy have limits, or is it an absolute trump?