Abstract For nearly two decades, ethicists have expressed concerns that the further development and use of memory modification technologies (MMTs)—techniques allowing to intentionally selectively alter memories—may threaten very foundations who we are, our personal identity, thus pose a threat well-being, or even undermine “humaneness.” This paper examines potential ramifications memory-modifyi...

AIM This paper reviews the ethical controversy concerning the use of monetary incentives in health promotion, focussing specifically on the arguments relating to the impact on personal autonomy of such incentives. BACKGROUND Offering people small amounts of money in the context of health promotion and medical care has been attempted in a number of settings in recent years. This use of persona...

INTRODUCTION The educational environment (EE) is related to satisfaction and achievement. A high prevalence of professional burnout (BO) syndrome has been reported in the residency. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between EE and the presence of burnout in residency programs at a university hospital. POPULATION AND METHODS Residents from five programs at Hospital It...

his licentiate thesis is comprised of a “kappa” and two articles. he kappa includes an account of personal autonomy and informed consent, an explanation of how the concepts and articles relate to each other, and a summary in Swedish. Article 1 treats one problemwith the argument that a patient’s consent to treatment is valid only if it is authentic, i.e., if it is “genuine,” “truly her own,” “n...

Personal autonomy and the right of self-determination are the basis of the right to refuse treatment. They do not grant the right to demand treatment that the responsible doctor regards as not clinically indicated. 'Best interests' operates as a test in relation to patients who are incompetent. The doctor-patient relationship is a joint enterprise with the aim of improving patient welfare as cl...

Why do groups want to secede and where is demand for self-determination most likely to arise? We argue self-determination demand is moderated by the projected economic costs of policy autonomy. The trade-off between income and sovereignty implies that, other things being equal, richer regions are more likely to demand more autonomy. This trade-off suggests that relative regional income is a key...

The present study evaluated the extent to which eating-disordered and nonclinical comparison samples could be differentiated on self-reported personality measures of autonomy and sociotropy and a projective measure of dependency. Sixty-two women meeting diagnostic criteria for eating disorder and a nonpsychiatric comparison group of 62 women completed the autonomy and sociotropy subscales of th...