The passivity of a patient is not a good reason for the doctor to decide that he now has to run the patient's life.
In the best of all possible worlds I agree. What if the patient has a physical condition that lowers his quality of life or shortens it? How does a passive patient get help? Should all persuasion be banned? What's your solution to the situation?
More things help like cultural and religious uniformity (yes, I know about the Swedish minority, no, they're not different enough to matter) which leads to the high level of trust in the society, specifics of culture (protestant work ethic, strong cultural disapproval of cheating), etc
All good points. Are you finnish? :)
By the way, I'm not downvoting you.
How does a passive patient get help?
In theory, you offer help (which is different from force it) which the patient might accept or reject.
In practice, it depends, as usual.
Are you finnish? :)
No, but I have some familiarity with the Baltic Sea region.
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