Forced Medical Procedures
The cluster centers on debates about the ethics, legality, and implications of mandating or forcing medical treatments, implants, or interventions without patient consent, emphasizing bodily autonomy and informed consent rights.
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will they consent to this implant? doesn't seem likely. and if not are you really so sure about the ehics of forced medical procedures? seems wrong to me.
> it only turns people like me into guinea pigs for peopleDid you also know that you are legally allowed to decline medical procedures? You can even sign yourself out of a hospital AMA ("Against Medical Advice") if you don't like what's happening.You are also completely free, and generally advised, to seek alternate medical opinions.The existence of a medical procedure or option has not, and never does, obligate you to take it.
Forcing someone to undergo a procedure that they explicitly do not want is far worse than harming someone at their request IMO.Doctors aren't there to make everyone healthy, doctors are there to offer their services when desired. Sometimes they have to make a tough call and can't ask permission (e.g. patient is incapacitated and the legal authority isn't available), but directly going against someone's wishes is harm.
That's like saying no one would consent to surgery because it involves being sedated and cut open. There is a reason for that treatment. Whether it should be done without consent is another issue.
How much pro-social good is required to force me to take a medical treatment I do not consent to?
It's also a violation of the UN "right to be free from non-consensual medical treatment" (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Factsheet31.pdf)
Informed consent for unnecessary medical treatment is just not a thing in the US. See also: infant circumcision.
Mandating medical interventions is pretty much taking away someone's liberties. And your opinions about other people's opinions are also irrelevant as an argument.
The concern is not about privacy, but about forced treatment against your will.That's a big deal, and most countries have strict law in place to stop it happening in most situations. There are some exceptions for people who are unable to make that choice, but this is limited to people who are not conscious, or who have severe learning disability, or who are currently severely mentally ill.
It's quite irresponsible to try and coerce people who don't need treatment to accept it as well