Response to “Reassessing the Reliability of Advance Directives” by Thomas May (CQ Vol. 6, No. 5): Advance Directives and Voluntary Slavery
In a recent article Thomas May has argued that the use of advance directives (ADs) to respect a no longer competent patient's autonomy is a failed strategy. Respect for patient autonomy is clearly one of the guiding moral principles of modern medicine, and its importance is reflected in medical...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1998
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 405-413 |
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