Freyenhagen, Fabian (2009) 'Personal autonomy and mental capacity.' Psychiatry, 8 (12). pp. 465-467. ISSN 1476-1793
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Abstract
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has put the assessment of mental capacity for decision-making at the forefront of psychiatric practice. This capacity is commonly linked within philosophy to (personal) autonomy, that is, to the idea, or ideal, of self-government. However, philosophers disagree deeply about what constitutes autonomy. This contribution brings out how the competing conceptions of autonomy would play out in psychiatric practice, taking anorexia nervosa as a test case. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) K Law > K Law (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Humanities > Philosophy and Art History, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Elements |
Depositing User: | Elements |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2011 13:49 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 00:44 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1695 |
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