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005			20180912085337.0
008			091020s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010			_a2009289649
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020			_a9781841139296
020			_a1841139297
035			_a(OCoLC)298782274 _z(OCoLC)244789608 _z(OCoLC)960993107
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050	0	0	_aK3601 _b.F68 2009
082	0	4	_a344.41041 _222
100	1		_aFoster, Charles, _d1962- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChoosing life, choosing death : _bthe tyranny of autonomy in medical ethics and law / _cCharles Foster.
300			_axxvi, 189 pages ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAutonomy : challenging the consensus -- Other contenders for a voice -- Whose autonomy? -- Reproductive autonomy -- Abortion -- Questions raised by reproductive technology -- Confidentiality -- The law of consent -- Litigation, rights and duties -- Medical research on humans -- The end of life -- Transplantation -- The ownership of body parts -- Epilogue.
520	1		_a"Autonomy is a vital principle in medical law and ethics. It occupies a prominent place in all medico-legal and ethical debate. But there is a dangerous presumption that it should have the only vote, or at least the casting vote. This book is an assault on that presumption, and an audit of autonomy's extraordinary status." "This book surveys the main issues in medical law, noting in relation to each issue the power wielded by autonomy, asking whether that power can be justified, and suggesting how other principles can and should contribute to the law." "It concludes that autonomy's status cannot be intellectually or ethically justified, and that positive discrimination in favour of the other balancing principles is urgently needed in order to avoid some sinister results."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aMedical ethics.
650		0	_aMedical care _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aLife.
650		0	_aDeath.
650		0	_aAutonomy (Philosophy)
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