Autonomy In Thouh Dax's Case

From Dax’s case, we know that he had been burnt seriously and he also received treatment from physicians. Even thouh Dax refuses to have the treatment to save him, physicians tried their best to save Dax’s life. Autonomy means that the patient decides what treatment they need or do not need to improve their life. Dax has the right to make decisions to die. He has the right to choose what he wants in life, even though the physicians were trying their best to save his life. On the other hand, the quality of life meant everything to him, which relates to autonomy, meaning that he could decide what treatment he should get. Additionally, one, who has autonomy rights needs to be competent, meaning they should understand the treatment options, …show more content…
The physician's job is to treat the patient. In addition, the physicians are the experts and should make the decisions for the patients because if there was a similar case as Dax’s, such as someone getting burned from fire or getting a car accident, the physicians would do something to keep the patient alive. They must do their job to help the patient. The doctors had to keep Dax alive because it was their job to benefit him by doing their work, but Dax also didn't agree to have the treatment. He decided he didn’t want to live his life, even before the treatment he was receiving. Also, a medical provider’s actions should benefit the patient in keeping them alive and healthy, meaning the actions of the physicians should cause no unnecessary harm to the patient. However, “physicians may feel that without full authority to make decisions, he or she should not assume responsibility for outcomes.” Without the authority from their own point of view, physicians cannot make decisions. If they had to ask the patient what kind of treatment he or she wants then it is hard for doctors to determine what cure is right for the patient. The doctors also said that life is valuable for them to save his life, but they still should have listened to Dax. Not only the doctors were correct from their point of view, but also Dax’s requests for dying should have been heard. He also should have equal rights to make …show more content…
Because this relates to beneficence is that the doctors made sure that she needs to be forced fed. The physicians had to do their job and make the patient healthy to live longer. Even the court had denied to listen to Elizabeth request to starve to death, so they had told the physicians to force-feed her. However, it tortured her. Beneficence means that as a physician, the patient needs to be benefited, but it was not benefiting Elizabeth. It was more of torturing and harming