This book develops a unique account of autonomy in which its attribution to agents is dependent in part on their relationships with others and not merely upon t

Personal autonomy is often lauded as a key value in contemporary Western bioethics, and the claim that there is an important relationship between autonomy and r

Argues against the conceptions of individual autonomy which are widely relied on in bioethics.

This book engages in a critical discussion on how to respect and promote patients’ autonomy in difficult cases such as palliative care and end-of-life decisio

This collection of original essays explores the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherent