@incollection{2023:harzheim:the_role_o,
title = {The role of Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent for equal access to healthcare: A conceptual inquiry of contemporary bioethical debate},
year = {2023},
note = {In contemporary, increasingly interdisciplinary discourse, so-called
»patient autonomy« has been emphasized as a moral as well as a legal
right of any individual affected, commonly resulting in autonomy
understood as a justified claim to make decisions on grounds of
provided information within the encounter between physician and
patient. The focus on the pragmatic implementation of such concepts
through standardization – »best practice« – has contributed to
the increasing relevance of terms like »patient choice« and
»informed consent« in contemporary bioethics. In order to ensure
their normative force in practice of public healthcare, these concepts
have been strongly linked to juridical, political and sociological
inquiry and measures. Based upon the assumption that the protection of
patient autonomy cannot happen successfully and comprehensively
without the awareness of their underlying roots, normative dimensions
and limitations, these notions are re-assessed on a conceptual level,
resulting in an alternative understanding of autonomy and minority
groups.},
booktitle = {Equal Access to Healthcare in Socially Diverse Societies},
pages = {27--58},
edition = {},
author = {Harzheim, Julia Alessandra},
publisher = {Karl Alber},
address = {Baden-Baden},
series = {Angewandte Ethik},
volume = {8}
}