Autonomy and the akratic patient
I argue that the distinction which is current in much writing on medical ethics between autonomous and non-autonomous patients cannot cope comfortably with weak-willed (incontinent) patients. I describe a case involving a patient who refuses a blood transfusion even though he or she agrees that it w...
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1993
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 206-210 |
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