The relationship between a physicians their patient could be governed by four distinct models in which the degree of autonomy varies. The case of Don Cowart brought up this issue into light knowing what the patient, Don Cowart, had gone through. Don Cowart was a pilot at the U.S. Air Force Reserve who had an accident that lead burning over 65% of his skin and the loss of vision, proper use of hands, and his ears even after several medical interventions. The accident was due to gas leak which filled the whole area surrounding them with propane gas and when they turned the ignition it was a massive fire. In that accident, his father was accompanying him but did not make it out alive. When a stranger rushed in to help, his first request was to hand him a gun so Don could kill commit suicide. He did not see a value for life in his current impairments. The stranger refused and had called for an ambulance. When Don arrived to the hospital, he requested not to get medical …show more content…
The physician has full authority over the course the medical intervention will take. The doctor tries to convince the patient to consent to a certain treatment. “At the extreme, the physician authoritatively informs the patient when the intervention will be initiated" (Emanuel page 1). Physicians see that the wellbeing of the patient is only through this intervention and nothing but this intervention. Don was forced to receive his treatment when he was willing to be allowed to face death. His attorney, his mom, has given the physicians the consent to proceed with the intervention which gave the constitutional protection; she wanted to keep her victim alive to sue the gas company which was responsible for the gas leak in the landscape Don and his father were visiting. Also, the physician viewed his willingness to die as common reaction among burn victims. This was the only model of relationship that was practiced in Don's