How Reliable is the Competency Assessment Process
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 15744783 |
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| Autores | Jorie Epstein (American Medical Association, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2008 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Fascículo | 8 |
| Páginas | 511-515 |
| Data de publicação | 2008-08-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Editora | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.8.jdsc1-0808 |
| PMID | 23211082 |
| OpenAlex | W23580790 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 1 |
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. The goal of this framework is to optimize personal freedom and autonomy, while ensuring that individual choices are within the guidelines for safe, acceptable behavior and practice. The imposition of limits is a complicated matter, though, particularly when it comes to health care, where a patient must demonstrate decision-making capacity, often measured by his or her physician
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