Tag Archives: Autonomy

Leonard Cohen, poetry to the rescue, surrogates and problems of non-resuscitation . . .

This post looks at the strange juxtaposition of three things I came across in the past hour. Firstly, a bioethics post on some important new light on the use of surrogate decision-making – when you are unconscious and another nominated … Continue reading

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The meaning of autonomy

In an unusual case this week, the High Court ruled that it will be lawful to force treatment on an incompetent 55-year-old woman in her best interests, despite her apparent dissent and lack of co-operation stemming from phobias about hospitals … Continue reading

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