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38When Respecting Autonomy Is Harmful: A Clinically Useful Approach to the Nocebo EffectAmerican Journal of Bioethics 17 (6): 36-42. 2017.Nocebo effects occur when an adverse effect on the patient arises from the patient's own negative expectations. In accordance with informed consent, providers often disclose information that results in unintended adverse outcomes for the patient. While this may adhere to the principle of autonomy, it violates the doctrine of “primum non nocere,” given that side-effect disclosure may cause those side effects. In this article we build off previous work, particularly by Wells and Kaptchuk and by Co…Read more
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27Making Sense of Everett’s Arrival: A Commentary on the Power of Birth NarrativesNarrative Inquiry in Bioethics 7 (3): 225-230. 2017.The birth of our daughter nearly 5 years ago went very well. But in a new city, with some experience on our side and access to a homelike natural birth center connected to a major area hospital, we thought it would be all the better when our son was born. We hadn’t dreamed that the detection of a benign arrhythmia in the baby’s heart would cascade into a situation that would not only undermine our entire birth plan, but force unwanted treatment and threats of abandonment. In this commentary, our…Read more
Jason Adam Wasserman
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
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Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicineAssociate Professor
MI, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Teaching Philosophy, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Teaching Philosophy, Misc |