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precedent autonomy: a standalone construct

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Bioethics

the authority of a person's earlier competent wishes over decisions about their later incompetent self, as in dementia.

In bioethics, precedent autonomy refers to the authority of a person's earlier competent wishes over decisions about their later incompetent self, as in dementia. This meaning comes from Dworkin (1993) in Life's dominion.[1]

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authority4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs autonomy6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Dworkin, R. (1993). Life's dominion: An argument about abortion, euthanasia, and individual freedom. Knopf. Open Library record

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