Freyenhagen, Fabian (2009) Personal autonomy and mental capacity. Psychiatry, 8 (12). pp. 465-467. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.09.005
Freyenhagen, Fabian (2009) Personal autonomy and mental capacity. Psychiatry, 8 (12). pp. 465-467. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.09.005
Freyenhagen, Fabian (2009) Personal autonomy and mental capacity. Psychiatry, 8 (12). pp. 465-467. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.09.005
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 Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2011 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 07:10 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1695 |
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