Does autonomy require informed and specific refusal of life-sustaining medical treatment.

From: Issues in Law & Medicine | Date: December 22, 1989| Author: Bradley, Gerard V. | Copyright information

Does Autonomy Require Informed and Specific Refusal of Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment?

Any social order that prizes individual autonomy is committed to collectively informing its autonomous members. A good working definition of "autonomy" is "self-determining free choice." What distinguishes "choice" from mere appetite or desire is deliberation upon known, available options and their probable consequences, and a practical equilibrium of external pressures for and again...

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