Journal
of Palliative Medicine, April 2014, vol./is. 17/4(415-20)
Roeland
E, Cain J, Onderdonk C, Kerr K, Mitchell W, Thornberry K
Paternalism,
characterized as the antithesis of autonomy, is widely dismissed as having any
role in medicine. The authors disagree and argue that paternalism still has an
important role in medical decision making.