Personal autonomy and mental capacity

Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 465-467

  Freyenhagen, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; autonomy; ethics; H. Frankfurt; law; mental capacity; philosophy

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; DECISION MAKING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 70450178297     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.09.005     Document Type: Review

References (11)

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3. Tan J.O.A., Doll H.A., Fitzpatrick R., Stewart A., and Hope T. Psychiatrists' attitudes towards autonomy, best interests and compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: a questionnaire survey. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2 (2008) 40
4. Dworkin G. The concept of autonomy. In: Haller R. (Ed). Science and ethics (1981), Rodopi Press, Amsterdam
5. Tan, Stewart, Fitzpatrick & Hope op. cit. note 2.
6. See, for example. Berofsky B. Liberation from self: a theory of personal autonomy (1995), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
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11. See, for example, Meyers op. cit. note 8; Oshana M. Personal Autonomy and Society. J Soc Philos 1998; 29: 81-102; MacKenzie C, Stoljar N, eds. Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.