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The ethical dilemma that occurs here is related to the necessity of doing the right procedure, but with the reluctance of the patient to provide consent for it.
In the second case, communicating consent and information can be made difficult by language or cultural barriers. The ethical dilemma relates to whether or not the patient properly understands what he is up against and whether he is able to make an informed decision.
3. With traditional medicine, there is a problem of communication and understanding. The Western patients are not used to TCM, it is something new for them, so a lot of time needs to be spent in delivering the appropriate information in terms of principles and practice before anything can actually be done. If this was applied in China, many of the steps could be skipped,...
Again, it is important (1) for the patients to be informed about the main characteristics and principles of traditional Chinese medicine and (2) for the patients to be able to decide for themselves on whether they are willing to commit to this type of medicine or not.
Adding these two principles, it is important for them to be able to make an informed decision.
5. One of the situations related to helping the patient make informed decisions is related to communication with patients who don't speak English and of the physicians" capacity to avoid and evade language barriers. An idea would be to have a translator present, an individual who can translate all the notions and help the communication…
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