Additional task to the topic 8. BIOETHICS: POSITION OF A DOCTOR AND OF A PATIENT

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Questions:

1. Please describe the role of the patient according to its main features.

2. What models of relationship between a doctor and a patient does Robert Veatch suggest?

3. Give examples of the technical model of healing.

4. Why is the paternalistic model of healing so widespread in Russia?

5. How can you assess the prospects for the collegial model of healing in Russia?

6. In what areas of medicine is the contract model of healing most acceptable (therapy, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, dentistry, ophthalmology, etc.) and why?

7. What national characteristics influence the preferences of doctors and patients when choosing a model of relationships between them?