Abstract
I will explore how doctors regard their patients' family members in the process of making medical decisions. Two ethical considerations would seem to define potential ethical problems as they pertain to family members. These are physicians' obligations or duties toward family members and physicians' obligations of confidentiality to their patients. I will discuss ways in which physicians are guided or not guided with regard to these concerns and also speculate on how they behave and what factors might influence that behavior. I will do so from both a normative and a descriptive approach.
Recommended Citation
Jacobson, Jay A.
(1992)
"Medical Ethics and Family Affairs,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1992:
No.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1992/iss3/8