Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Discussions of autonomy at the end of life in health care contexts is no new phenomenon. However, what seems to have changed in issues of autonomy is cases where patients want to refuse a treatment to cases where patients are demanding more treatment when medical professionals may not agree or be able to provide them with the medical treatment. Some key competing interests impacting patient autonomy include beneficence-doing what is in the best interests of the health or well-being of the patient- and resource limitations. Here, I will explore distributive justice theories that impact the end of life and how they constrain autonomy.
Author: Corinna Fukushima
Institution: Claremont Colleges
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2413410459