![The Challenge of Patients Who Refuse Recommended Management: An Ethically-Grounded, Practical Approach](https://digitalcommons.providence.org/ethicsvideos/1047/thumbnail.jpg)
The Challenge of Patients Who Refuse Recommended Management: An Ethically-Grounded, Practical Approach
Files
Publication Date
11-15-2016
Error loading player: No playable sources found
Keywords
ethics, recommended care
Disciplines
Bioethics and Medical Ethics
Abstract
Dr. Carresse identifies the core ethical tension involved when patients refuse what is recommended; examines the possible reasons why patients might do this; and proposes a systematic, ethically-grounded and practical approach for assessing and responding to patient refusal of recommended management.
Specialty/Research Institute
Biomedical Ethics
Comments
Curtis R. Holzgang, M.D., MACP Visiting Scholar