If a person is mentally competent to engage in ordinary contracts, can
hold a job, make decisions such concerning sexual relations, other
medical procedures, and other important aspects of life, then any law
or professional "standard" that interferes with that individual's
decision is repugnant to individual sovereignty.
Any doctor who dared to presume such a "responsibility" on my behalf
I would fire on the spot. I hire doctors for education and experience,
so that they can advise me of all the options and risks; ALL decisions
are mine, and mine alone, without exception. Medicine is just a product
like any other, and the doctor provides that product at my request and
for my payment. Any other "duty" he feels is only in his mind, and
perhaps the legislature's.
It is truly disheartening how many people mystify fields like
medicine and law, treating their practitioners as something other
than laborers no different from carpenters and plumbers, and somehow
implying that they should be treated differently. Well if I want
green tile in my kitchen, I'm not going to listen to some builder
telling me I'm not capable of that decision. Why should I tolerate
the same arrogance from a doctor or lawyer?