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There is a big difference between signing up willingly to be a test subject for a specific disease, where you are more or less aware of the risks and accept the
by trulyme 6y ago
There is a big difference between signing up willingly to be a test subject for a specific disease, where you are more or less aware of the risks and accept them of free will, versus being experimented on without choice in the matter. GP was talking about former, you are judging the latter.
- omginternets 6y agoAnd there are real questions about the enlightened part of "enlightened consent".
- michaelt 6y agoIf that's the case, how can anyone consent to anything? Can I consent to getting a taxi ride to the doctor's office, when we might get in a car crash and die?
- omginternets 6y agoSurely we can agree that assessing medical risk requires a deeper education than assessing the risk of taking a taxi.