A physician has a duty to see to the health and best medical interests of the patient. On the other hand, the patient has a right to be fully informed about any negative findings concerning the patient's health. When this duty conflicts with this right, the right should prevail since it is a basic right. Anything else carries the risk of treating the patient as a mere object, not as a person.
Question: The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Options:
A. All persons have a right to accept or reject any medical procedures proposed by a physician.
B. Some actions are right independently of the consequences that might ensue.
C. Because only persons have rights, objects do not have rights.
D. A person's basic rights should never be violated.
E. In medicine, the patient's basic right to information is stronger than most other rights.
Answer: D