Respect for Autonomy in Light of Neuropsychiatry

Bioethics needs an elaborated concept of autonomy based on empirical knowledge about the prerequisites of the capacity of autonomy. Whereas Beauchamp and Childress, and many other bioethicists have discussed social influences on the capacity of autonomy in depth, neurobiological influences have rece...

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Main Author: Müller, Sabine 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 31, Issue: 5, Pages: 360-367
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
ZC Politics in general
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B autoimmune encephalitis
B liberty of illness
B Neuroscience
B Autonomy
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