Autonomy

Question 1

define autonomy

Answer 1

-act freely in accordance with a self chosen plan
-no controlling interference from others
-no limitations that prevent meaningful choice

Question 2

Steps of informed consent

Answer 2

1)competence: ability to preform task
2)disclosure: information from care provider
3)understanding: knows consequences of actions
4)voluntariness: pt wills the action
5)consent: agreement to course of action

Question 3

shared decision making model

Answer 3

-process to make optimal healthcare decision for a patient(between patient and clinician)
-encourages autonomous decisions

Question 4

define paternalism

Answer 4

-The intentional overriding of one
person’s preferences or actions by
another person, where the person
who overrides justifies this action by
appeal to the goal of benefitting or of
preventing or mitigating harm to the
person whose preferences or actions
are overridden
-restricts autonomy

Question 5

soft paternalism

Answer 5

Interventions intended to prevent or mitigate harm or to benefit a person when the person has NOT made an autonomous
decision