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Writing 140 Paper 5 Final 11/16/04 Danielle Hinrich Professionalism and the Doctor/Patient Relationship in The Doctor The importance of consent and self-determination for patients should be the most protected aspect of medicine. Patients should have the right to choose to do whatever they like with their own health, as long as it only affects them. With that said, I do believe that although patients have the utmost right to know anything and everything that regards their health, doctors should be free to practice their job on patients without outside restrictions. Many of the gravest problems in healthcare often stem from doctors being forced in a position to choose between pleasing their patients and appeasing insurance companies. The film The Doctor reveals quite a bit as to how the professional status of doctors affects their relationship with patients and the patients' right to self-determination. Dr. McKee went through a profound transition of his hishis views...

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