Ethics

#TREATMENT OVER OBJECTION 

4 (5? Vs 6?) principles of ethics: autonomy, beneficience, non-maleficence, paternalism, dignity (justice?) 

1. Severity of harm without intervention? 

2. ****Imminent harm? 

3. Efficacy of proposed intervention? 

4. Risks of intervention? 

5. Emotional effect of a coerced intervention on the patient? 

6. Patient's reason for refusal? 

7. ****Logistics of treating over objection?