Questioning the quantitative imperative: decision aids, prevention, and the ethics of disclosure

Hastings Cent Rep. 2011 Mar-Apr;41(2):30-9. doi: 10.1353/hcr.2011.0029.

Abstract

Patients should not always receive hard data about the risks and benefits of a medical intervention. That information should always be available to patients who expressly ask for it, but it should be part of standard disclosure only sometimes, and only for some patients. And even then, we need to think about how to offer it.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Choice Behavior
  • Decision Making*
  • Decision Support Techniques*
  • Educational Status
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent / ethics*
  • Judgment*
  • Mathematical Computing
  • Problem Solving*
  • Truth Disclosure* / ethics