And the result is -- we call it "patient autonomy," which makes it sound like a good thing, but what it really is is a shifting of the burden and the responsibility for decision-making from somebody who knows something -- namely, the doctor -- to somebody who knows nothing and is almost certainly sick and thus, not in the best shape to be making decisions -- namely, the patient.
Što dovodi do nečega što zovemo "samostalnost pacijenta," što zvuči kao dobra stvar. No jedino što se događa je prebacivanje tereta i odgovornosti za donošenje odluka s nekog tko zna nešto -- to jest doktora -- na nekoga tko ne zna apsolutno ništa i gotovo sigurno je bolestan i prema tome nije u najboljem stanju da donosi odluke -- to jest pacijent.