Integral Human Development: From Paternalism to Accompaniment

Communication: From Paternalism to Shared Decision Making

At the same time, significant progress in cancer treatment was under way, and an early diagnosis began to provide more hope for the cancer patient. Public educational efforts began to focus on providing information to lay people about cancer. Experts in the field prepared pamphlets describing various cancers and their warning signs in order to help patients turn to physicians at appropriate tim...

Paternalism with hindsight: do protégés react consequentialistically to paternalism?

We investigate experimentally whether the protégés’ reaction to paternalism depends on the consequences of the paternalistic action to their well-being. We find that protégés punish a paternalist restricting their freedom of choice. Yet, this negative reaction is not based on principled grounds because, with hindsight, protégés punish the paternalist only if the restriction makes them worse off...

Orchestral Musical Accompaniment from Synthesized Audio

From Paternalism to Partnership: Collaborative Care for Your Clients

Over the past decade, veterinarians have witnessed substantial changes in the profession. One of the major changes is the increasing recognition of the relationships that people may have with their companion animals. When asked about their relationship with their pets, 85% of pet owners reported that they viewed their pets as family members. In conjunction with this, there is a growing recognit...

From paternalism to benevolent coaching: new model of care.

In the modern North American context, the patientcentred approach has become the foremost ideology of medicine.1 The patient’s centrality and participation in decision making have emerged as strong themes,2 with the result that antipaternalism has become the predominant philosophical position regarding the physician-patient relationship.3 Given this development, our commentary poses the followi...