Table 1.

Framework for classification of patients in terms of degree of autonomy, formation of health care-related values, and extent of medical information.

Low Medical Information* High Autonomy Moderate Autonomy Low Autonomy No Autonomy
Very well-formed health care values Informative Persons from groups with characteristically low autonomy
Moderately well-formed health care values Interpretive
Few well-formed health care values Technical specialist, e.g. financial analyst Deliberative
No well-formed health care values Paternalistic, trauma care
Moderate Medical Information High Autonomy Moderate Autonomy Low Autonomy No Autonomy
Very well-formed health care values
Moderately well-formed health care values Well-informed patient with rare disease
Few well-formed health care values
No well-formed health care values
High Level of Medical Information High Autonomy Moderate Autonomy Low Autonomy No Autonomy
Very well-formed health care values Health professional as patient
Moderately well-formed health care values
Few well-formed health care values
No well-formed health care values
* On the part of the patient, traditional models
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2012 July; 3(3): e0017. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2012 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10085.
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