Medical paternalism

Medical paternalism manifests itself in cases where the doctor withholds information from the patient or where treatment is authorized by a court order, a hospital committee, or the relatives of a patient, or where there is regulation banning a putative therapy.

1. Paternalism

1. Paternalistic lies

1. Violation of medical confidentiality
2. Vaccine hesitancy
3. Secrecy of medical facts and records
4. Medical deception
5. Inadequate evaluation of surgical procedures
6. Excessive prolongation of the dying process
7. Denial of the right to medical consent
8. Denial of rights of medical patients
9. Involuntary sterilization

1. Male bias of medicine