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Document Details : Title: Comment on Lie Author(s): ETXEBERRIA MAULEON, Xabier Journal: Ethical Perspectives Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Date: December 1997 Pages: 271-273 DOI: 10.2143/EP.4.4.562991 Abstract : The presentation made by Professor Lie addresses a topic that is crucial not only in the domain of medical ethics, but also in the ethics of the various professions: the autonomy of the subject with which the professions are concerned. In addition, the presentation succeeded in enhancing creativity, particularly with its final proposal: if the demand for autonomy contains a wish to guarantee the patient’s independence and initiative — i.e., the power to decide for himself or herself — there is a possibility that the proper way to foster this power would be to reject an ethics based on autonomy. |
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