Quiz Eight

Question 1

autonomy- two key features

Answer 1

first: autonomous behavior is governed by plans of action that have been formulated through deliberation or reflection
second: autonomous behavior issues, intentionally and voluntarily, from choices people make based upon their own life plans

Question 2

constraints on autonomy

Answer 2

physical constraints like prison, cognitive restraints from lack of information or an inability to understand that information, psychological constraints from anxiety or depression, social constraints from institutionalized roles and expectations, illness

Question 3

phase I clinical trials

Answer 3

initial testing of a drug in human subjects, primary purpose is to identify toxicities rather than evaluate therapeutic effectiveness

Question 4

3 limitations on the exercise of autonomy

Answer 4

First: pts may not require that they be treated by non-medical means

Second: pts may not require that they be given scientifically futile treatment

Third: pts may not require that they be treated in ways that are inconsistent with the ends of medicine, that is, in ways that are outside of the scope of medicine