The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions
- ISBN-10
- 0195113977
- ISBN-13
- 9780195113976
- Category
- Autonomy (Psychology)
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Carl Schneider
Description
This book approaches ethical and legal issues in medicine from the patient's viewpoint and argues that many patients do not want the full burden of decision making that contemporary bioethics has thrust upon them.
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