Choosing life, choosing death
the tyranny of autonomy in medical ethics and law
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Word Count
47,250 words, Guess
Page Count
189 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL23954696M
- ISBN-139781841139296
- OCLC Control Number298782274
- OCLC Control Number435772747
- Library of Congress Control Number2009289649
Classifications
- LCCK3601 .F68 2009
- LCCK3601 .F67x 2009
Description
"Autonomy is a vital principle in medical law and ethics. It occupies a prominent place in all medico-legal and ethical debate. But there is a dangerous presumption that it should have the only vote, or at least the casting vote. This book is an assault on that presumption, and an audit of autonomy's extraordinary status. This book surveys the main issues in medical law, noting in relation to each issue the power wielded by autonomy, asking whether that power can be justified, and suggesting how other principles can and should contribute to the law. It concludes that autonomy's status cannot be intellectually or ethically justified, and that positive discrimination in favour of the other balancing principles is urgently needed in order to avoid some sinister results."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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