Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7022010.17816/kazmj70220MiscellaneousOn the issue of paternalism in medicine (polemical notes)Kazan State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education030420018220405202104052021Copyright © 2001, Arleevsky I.P.2001<p>In recent years, in the works devoted to medical bioethics, the idea is persistently carried out that traditional paternalism is increasingly leaving Russian medicine and partnership principles in the doctor-patient relationship are being established on a legal basis. This position is presented as something self-evident, does not require special evidence, as the ultimate truth [1]. However, this is not entirely true, or, more precisely, it is not at all true.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив