How to justify enforcing a Ulysses contract when Ulysses is competent to refuse

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-106

  Davis, John K ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REVIEW; TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 44949154467     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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