...Albert Weale This article examines the charge that the “New Perspective” on health (as exemplified by the Lalonde Report in Canada, by Prevention and Health in the United Kingdom) represents an abandonment of liberal principles in favor of a collectivist and paternalistic role for the state...

... of government in general-and about health policy in particular-has come in recent years to be increasingly dominated by economists. The influence of economic reasoning is visible in views about whether government may legitimately undertake policies on paternalistic grounds, where economics takes...

.... The authors describe a shift from the “paternalistic privacy” of the late nine- teenth and early twentieth century, in which physicians sought to protect the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, to the “democratic privacy” of today, spearheaded by activists’ attempts to prevent discrimination...

... such matters. My experience at three medical schools leads me to believe that in most instances of purported paternalism the person behaving in the supposedly paternalistic manner simply had no other responses to the situation readily available. In such a case, the agent can scarcely be said to have...

.... 426 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law In both sections, Rosenberg is very successful in allowing us to peer into the black box of hospital care. He is at his best when he describes the social forces that determine the behavior of the aspiring physician, the paternalistic hospital...

... paternalistic stance at best. By virtue of his mental condition, the mental patient is often considered unable to fully understand the nature and range of options available to him and, therefore, to arrive at a well- reasoned decision that would maximize his own benefits. This disability is an important...

... at the University of California, Berkeley, began to organize themselves for greater access within the university and expanded their advocacy to the surrounding community (DRILM 2004 ). They galvanized for independent living for people with disabilities and challenged paternalistic decision making that left people...

... of HIV in Africa, we have a serious and present problem. (In this case, excessive attention to political cor- rectness and the false extension of the individual’s right to choose treat- ment without “paternalistic” social pressures distorts public opinion...

... to show respect for their own right to life. In such cases, a wedge is driven between what a person wants for himself and what is required to respect that person’s right to life. Policies forbidding suicide, for example, may be justified not on paternalistic grounds (it may be conceded...

... and founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard for their rabid antipsychiatry activism that precluded paternalistic interventions on behalf of persons with mental illness. The influence of the antipsychiatrists, combined with anosognosia—the unwillingness of people with schizophrenia to believe that anything...

..., pointing to the fact that he had failed to maintain lithium treatment during the preceding weeks. This argument is paternalistic; it also is circular since it maintains that because the patient refused to accept treatment for a period preceding the decompensation, he lacked the capacity to make...

...- tarianism. Veatch criticizes the Hippocratic principle of beneficence, which is consequentialist , individualistic, and paternalistic. Even though this Hippocratic tradition is Veatch’s major target through this book, the utilitarian attempt to overcome the individualism of the Hippocratic tradi...

... was dominant up till the last decade or two and stressed physicians’ beneficence and altruistic commitment to do whatever would benefit their patients. The ethic was paternalistic in that it gave physicians, not patients, authority to determine what treatment a patient should receive. It also...

... or two and stressed physicians’ beneficence and altruistic commitment to do whatever would benefit their patients. The ethic was paternalistic in that it gave physicians, not patients, authority to determine what treatment a patient should receive. It also encouraged physicians to see themselves...

....” Consent, free and informed, is tenuous with terminal patients. There is a sense in which legislation may coerce physicians into doing what is against their better (if paternalistic) judgment. If they as a pro- fession refuse to administer “unsafe” and “ineffective” drugs...

... risk, where we would all share in the risk of getting old, ill, unemployed, or disabled, and the salutary effects of a paternalistic state on the well- being of the citizenry. Polsky powerfully describes how well-intentioned welfare state programs went awry, with serious, detrimental consequences...

... men and women committed to disease control. Paternalistic they often were, racist, and overconfident in their professional acumen, yet also dedicated to their patients, passionate, intellectually curious, and in many important respects, successful. In finding the usable past amid the flaws...

..., and the right to bill their patients independently of hospital charges. As Rosner observes, “Trustees, seeking to modernize and stabilize financially troubled institutions, found themselves forced to hand real power over to private practitioners who had little or no interest in the paternalistic...

... prisoners of medical technology. The practice of medicine has also changed, away from the paternalistic model to one of increased patient autonomy and informed consent. Other forces for policy activism are associated with health care consumerism, such as the women’s health movement. Finally...

... at promoting and protecting the welfare of the community were under attack as un-American and as paternalistic interference with individual freedom. The need for justifying public health regulation has not diminished, and Beau- champ has sought to meet this need with The Health of the Republic...