According to Howard Brody, what's the problem with the community-standard approach to informed consent?It leaves patients too vulnerable to medical paternalism.Different communities have different standards for health, wellness, illness, and disease. Sometimes medical professionals and their patients come from different communities. Brody argues that informed consent creates more harm than good in healthcare.
According to Howard Brody, what's the problem with a conversation model of informed consent? It does not apply to patients whose doctors have recently died.It ignores the fact that patients have questions about their health and treatment options. It does not provide a clear legal standard on whether a conversation has ended too quickly or not. Sometimes medical professionals and their patients come from different communities.