The limits of medical paternalism / Heta Häyry.

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Häyry, Heta

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Social ethics and policy seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585451508
9780585451503
9781134923830
113492383X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Limits of medical paternalism.DDC classification:

610/.69 22

LOC classification:

R727.3 .H38 1991eb

NLM classification:

W 50

Other classification:

44.02

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Contents:

Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM OF PATERNALISM IN MODERN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE -- chapter 2 FREEDOM, CONSTRAINT AND THE VALUE OF AUTONOMY -- chapter 3 PATERNALISM, COERCION AND CONSTRAINT -- chapter 4 THE UTILITARIAN CASE FOR STRONG PATERNALISM -- chapter 5 MORALS AND SOCIETY -- chapter 6 APPEALS TO RATIONALITY: THE VARIETIES OF PRUDENTIALISM -- chapter 7 THE LIMITS OF MEDICAL PATERNALISM Autonomy, consent and professional.

Summary: The Limits of Medical Paternalism defines and morally assesses paternalistic interventions, especially in the context of modern medicine and health care, particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the conceptual background of the paternalism issue. In this book an anti-paternalistic view is presented and defended.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The Limits of Medical Paternalism defines and morally assesses paternalistic interventions, especially in the context of modern medicine and health care, particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the conceptual background of the paternalism issue. In this book an anti-paternalistic view is presented and defended.

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