The pаtient's 17-yeаr-оld dаughter has just been diagnоsed with medullary thyrоid cancer (MTC). The patient's late wife, who died at a young age in a car accident, had a brother who died from MTC. The patient wants the family doctor to order RET testing on his daughter so that he can have his other children tested if a RET variant is found. The patient's daughter does not want to know if she has a hereditary risk, and does not want to be tested. If the doctor respects the daughter’s wishes and refuses to order the test, the doctor is most likely acting out of: