1. Reading Comprehension

A. Do people have the ethical right to Informed Consent?  What ethical principle supports this “right”? Explain how the principle supports the “right” as a “good” thing.  If not, why not?

Why? What are the difficulties with it? What limitations might exist?

B. Do people have the right to know their diagnosis and prognosis as well as anything else connected with their condition, their treatment and its consequences?  What ethical principle supports this “right”? Explain how the principle supports the “right” as a “good” thing.  If not, why not?

C. Is it the right of people receiving health care to have the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth from their physicians insofar as their diagnosis, prognosis and treatment is concerned? If so, what is it based upon?  What ethical principle supports this “right”? Explain how the principle supports the “right” as a “good” thing.  If not, why not?

2. Critical Thinking

B. What are the limits on the autonomy of a person and then of a person reduced to the role of a  “patient”?

C. Under what circumstances can confidentiality be breached? Provide an ethical justification (principle+reasoning) for your position.