Respecting autonomy: Education in practice

In my dissertation I examine the concept of personal autonomy and what it means to respect its exercise within the context of healthcare. In doing so I work to provide a model for doing medical ethics that is educational rather than exhortative, whose focus is helping healthcare providers (HCPs) become more sophisticated in their understanding of what their practices and beliefs and values mean. Specific to the matter of autonomy, I argue that most adults should be regarded as autonomous, that HCPs should respect patients' exercise of autonomy (in primarily self-regarding matters) even when HCPs do not think it is in the patient's best interest to do so, and that in order to respect patients' autonomy HCPs must work to establish relationships and shared networks of understanding with their patients.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health Sciences, Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Horowitz, Benjamin Meyer

Contributors dc:contributor

• Feinberg, Walter

• Health Sciences, Education
• Philosophy
• Health Sciences, General
• Education, Philosophy of

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Horowitz, Benjamin Meyer

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9416372
(UMI)AAI9416372

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23506