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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Main Author: Tollefsen, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1998
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 405-413
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