Rethinking Autonomy

Rethinking AutonomyProvides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy. This groundbreaking book offers a critical examination of the concept of autonomy, one with major implications for biomedical ethics. Working from the perspectives of ethnography and medical anthropology, John W. Traphagan argues that the notion of autonomy as a foundational principle of a common morality, the view

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one of the largest and most visited museums in Greece

further references to sources and secondary literature are provided

the book will appeal to both specialists in nineteenth-century Iberian and Latin American studies and a broader audience of scholars in gender

Lindsey's book engages in a close reading of the two Mathews books

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A historical account and comprehensive assessment of the factors surrounding the referendum on an elected assembly in the North-East region of England

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Rethinks the status of bodies in a field that is meant to heal the mind and how institutions can shape the drama of psychiatric education

highlighting the work of local scholars and legal actors

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