Precedent Autonomy and Subsequent Consent
Honoring a living will typically involves treating an incompetent patient in accord with preferences she once had, but whose objects she can no longer understand. How do we respect her “precedent autonomy” by giving her what she used to want? There is a similar problem with “subsequent consent”: How...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2004
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| In: |
Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2004, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-291 |
| Further subjects: | B
hierarchical theory of the will
B Advance Directive B Autonomy B subsequent consent B self-paternalism B prospective autonomy B Precedent autonomy B Living Will |
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Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
