Culture, Community or Rights
AUTONOMY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, D. Weisstub, G. Diaz-Pintos, eds., pp. 155-172, Springer: The Netherlands, 2008
Posted: 17 Sep 2008
Date Written: September, 15 2008
Abstract
This chapter reviews the extent to which laws based on promotion of individual 'autonomy' (such as durable powers of attorney) conform with the lived lives and preferences of those for whom they are designed. It considers alternative conceptions of rights, including communitarian and social citizenship models, and discusses ways in which positive rights may better promote human flourishing.
Keywords: autonomy, rights, health care planning, social citizenship, communitarianism
JEL Classification: I10, I11, 18, K10, K30, K32
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Terry Carney AO (Contact Author)
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )
New Law Building, F10
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia