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    It is not the case that A physician is justified in performing an operation even without knowing the operation will save the patient

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    • 1.The principle of informed consent requires that patient autonomy, not merely clinical necessity, grounds the justification for medical intervention.
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    • 2.A physician's epistemic uncertainty about outcome must be disclosed to the patient, making the patient's consent—not the operation's uniqueness—the true justificatory basis.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Beauchamp and Childress's principle of non-maleficence holds that certain harm requires stronger justification than uncertain benefit, not weaker.
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    • 2.An operation with unknown probability of success imposes certain surgical trauma and risk, meaning the uncertainty of benefit cannot itself justify the intervention.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.If there is any remedy for the patient's disease, it is the operation
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    • 2.A treatment that is the only possible remedy provides justification for its use even under uncertainty of outcome
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