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The Virtue of Moral Responsibility in Healthcare Decisionmaking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2002

CANDACE CUMMINS GAUTHIER
CANDACE CUMMINS GAUTHIER
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
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The principle of respect for autonomy is increasingly under siege as a valuable component of healthcare ethics. Its critics charge that it has been elevated to a position out of proportion to its contribution, so that the individual's wishes and rights have come to dominate healthcare decisionmaking, while obligations and responsibilities are ignored or devalued. If we are to salvage respect for autonomy we must find a way to reconnect the individual and the community, rights and responsibilities, in the way we think about, discuss, and make healthcare decisions.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: AUTONOMY: THE DELICATE BALANCE
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 273 - 281
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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