Varied and principled understandings of autonomy in English law: Justifiable inconsistency or blinkered moralism?

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-255

  Coggon, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Best desire autonomy; Current desire autonomy; English medical law; Ideal desire autonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; SOCIETY;

ADULT; ENGLAND; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34548701605     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-007-0062-8     Document Type: Article

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