Freyenhagen, F (2009) 'Personal autonomy and mental capacity.' Psychiatry, 8 (12). 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
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Philosophy and Art History, School of
Depositing User:	Jim Jamieson
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2011 13:49
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2017 18:14
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1695

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