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Informed consent, a cornerstone of medical ethics, has very little to do with the fact that we can't prove treatment will not be detrimental in all cases. Or p
by krona 6y ago
Informed consent, a cornerstone of medical ethics, has very little to do with the fact that we can't prove treatment will not be detrimental in all cases.
Or perhaps you prioritise the group above the individual in all cases and think e.g. the Nuremberg Code is worthless historical artifact?
- haltingproblem 6y agoYou have packed two strawman arguments into one comment. I was talking about a moral obligation and not about informed consent or this: "The Nuremberg Code aimed to protect human subjects from enduring the kind of cruelty and exploitation the prisoners endured at concentration camps. The 10 elements of the code are: Voluntary consent is essential. The results of any experiment must be for the greater good of society." ;)