The Philosophical Outlook Into The Patient Autonomous Decison And The Doctor's Beneficient Duty

This research focuses on the philosophical outlook of the patient autonomous decision and the physician’s beneficent duty. The reconciliation or balancing of both principles of autonomy and beneficence has been a bone of contention among scholars. Although some scholars have balanced both principles it has still been debated. In analyzing these principles the interpretative and critical analysis were employed. Using these methods , it points out that the principle of autonomy has been favored in other words deemed to have more importance than the principle of beneficence. The conflict between …