Medical Indications Medical problem: (1) Patient has some psychotic symptoms. (2) Non-Adherence to Medication (3) Treatment goals: the patient can return to his or her community. Patient Preferences After recovery, the patient expressed the desire to bear children and to have a family.   Quality of Life Return to normal quality of life. Contextual Features Family complained of the enormous effort involved in taking care of her, and suggested a Hysterectomy (uterus excision). The importance of patient autonomy

Table 2: Psychiatric patient autonomy and Jonsen’s decision making model.

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