Preserve Patient Autonomy; Resist Expanding the Harm Principle to Override Decisions by Competent Patients

American Journal of Bioethics 22 (10):84-86 (2022)
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In this thoughtful article analyzing a UK court decision upholding a patient’s refusal of dialysis, the authors make the provocative but ultimately unpersuasive argument tha...

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