The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions

by Carl E. Schneider

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This is a book written across the grain of contemporary ethics, where the principle of autonomy has triumphed.It is an attempt to see the law of medicine, the principles of bioethics, and the encounter between doctor and patient from the patient's point of view. While Schneider agrees that many patients now want to make their own medical decisions, and virtually all want to be treated with dignity and solicitude, he argues that most do not want to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195113977

ISBN13:9780195113976

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.38 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Clinical Doctor-Patient Relations Ethics Medical Medical Books Medical Ethics Medical History & Records Medicine Physician & Patient Reference

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