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Part of the book series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (LOET, volume 13)
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About this book
Patient autonomy is a much discussed and debated subject in medical ethics, as well as in healthcare practice, medical law, and healthcare policy. This book provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of both the concept of autonomy and the principle of respect for autonomy, in an accessible style. The unique feature of this book is that it combines empirical research into hospital practice with thorough philosophical analyses. As such, it is an example of a new movement in applied ethics, that of 'empirical ethics'.
The key themes are informed consent and medical decision making, personal well-being, competence, paternalism and decision making for incompetent patients. Much attention is also devoted to autonomy in non-decision making situations - patient control over small everyday aspects of care, authenticity and existential aspects of illness, autonomy and the 'ethics of care', and the relationship between autonomy and trust in the physician-patient relationship.
This book will be of interest to those working or studying in the field of medical ethics and applied ethics but also to healthcare professionals and health policy makers.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Different Faces of Autonomy
Book Subtitle: Patient Autonomy in Ethical Theory and Hospital Practice
Authors: Maartje Schermer
Series Title: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9972-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0984-6Published: 30 November 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6161-4Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9972-6Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 1387-6678
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0323
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 212
Topics: Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Philosophy of Medicine