Philosophy Talk. The Limits of Medical Consent

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: In our healthcare system, parents normally make medical decisions for their kids because, we think, children are not competent to make such decisions for themselves. Similarly, we permit doctors to violate or defer consent for mentally incompetent adults. But where do we draw the line for what constitutes ‘incompetence’? Should severely depressed patients, for example, have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they want treatment? What makes a patient so incompetent, they should be precluded from making their own decisions? John and Ken consent to talk to Jodi Halpern from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, author of From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice.

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)California
Date created	May 7, 2017
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

Subject	Informed consent (Medical law) > United States
Subject	Autonomy
Genre	Radio talk shows

philosophytalk.org show page	Title The Limits of Medical Consent
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	431.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tg887zr2246
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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