Course 

HLT 305 Legal And Ethical Principles In Health Care

Instructions  

Why is competence sometimes very difficult to determine? Why is the ability of the patient to make an informed refusal so impacted by competence? When are patients legally allowed to be irrational?

SOLUTION  

Within reason, it is every adult American’s legal right to make his or her own decisions. Included in this right is the freedom to make decisions about one’s physician, medical treatment plan, and other health care matters. A democratic society does, however, provide moral, ethical, and social guidelines within which these decisions must fall–medical and health care choices are no different (Berg). The goal of this framework is to optimize personal freedom and autonomy, ……please click the icon  below to purchase the solution at $5