Question 85 · LDEK · Relations with patients and society
Bioethics has changed the normative model of the patient-physician relationship. The traditional paternalistic model has been substituted by the partnership model. The main ethical principle of the partnership model is:
- A. principle of respect for autonomy of the patient.
- B. principle of beneficence.
- C. principle of nonmaleficence.
- D. principle of justice.
- E. principle of precaution.
Hint
Ask which principle shifts decision-making power from the doctor to an informed patient.
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