That doesn't make sense, Belinda.Belinda wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:56 amI agree as far as the patient has the status and function of a patient vis a vis a medic. But as a member of society vis a vis other members of society the individual has a different status and function.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:20 pmI'm not even saying any medic should have the right to forgo the treatment of any patient. I'm saying that patients have a right to determine their own care. That's quite a different proposition.
If you are saying that the patient has a right to determine his/her own care, even contrary to the preferences of a doctor, what gives the mass of uninformed non-doctors the right to force treatment on him/her? That would seem far less obvious even than saying, "The doctor is the expert, and he should decide."
The huddled masses have no particular expertise at all.