No, I very much appreciate your points. Contrary to helping the patient and giving them agency, I think that approach leaves them to drown in what they don't know. What is the alternative? I imagine ruthlessly educating each patient, locking the doors until they understand their disease.Edit: Having seen the other comments here, it seems I didn't understand the purpose of this post. Regardless, I hope this is some food for thought for the OP and anyone else with an interest in medical ethics.
A surprising number of people still don't know what the difference between a virus and a bacterium is, yet you expect to be able to inform them enough to do the calculus required to decide on things like cancer therapies, whether an elective procedure with significant risk (but potentially significant reward) is a good idea, and other clinical quagmires?