Developing Autonomy and Transitional Paternalism

Paternalism, Autonomy and Ontology

Alliance among nature and medicine As said by Aristotle (384 BC-322 B.C.), Nature favors utilities and, therefore, when a RHVD occurs, it is the natural heart plasticity, held as Adaptation for Beneficial Cardiac Ontological Remodeling (AB-COR), or simply heart remodeling1, that sustains the preservation of good ejection performance. Medicine validates AB-COR "therapeutic" effect and advises ag...

Paternalism and autonomy: views of patients and providers in a transitional (post-communist) country

BACKGROUND Patient autonomy is a fundamental, yet challenging, principle of professional medical ethics. The idea that individual patients should have the freedom to make choices about their lives, including medical matters, has become increasingly prominent in current literature. However, this has not always been the case, especially in communist countries where paternalistic attitudes have be...

Against autonomy: justifying coercive paternalism.

Supply of medicines: paternalism, autonomy and reality.

Radical changes are taking place in the United Kingdom in relation to the classification of, and access to, medicines. More and more medicines are being made available over the counter both in local pharmacies and in supermarkets. The provision of more open access to medicines may be hailed as a triumph for patient autonomy. This paper examines whether such a claim is real or illusory. It explo...

Autonomy and paternalism in geriatric medicine

Respecting and encouraging autonomy in the elderly is basic to the practice ofgeriatrics. In this paper, we examine the practice ofcardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and "artificial"feeding in a geriatric unit in a general hospital subscribing to Jtewish orthodox religious principles, in which the sanctity of life is a fundamental ethical guideline. The literature on the administration offood ...