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The harm principle, personal identity and identity-relative paternalism

Is it ethical for doctors or courts to prevent patients from making choices that will cause significant harm to themselves in the future? According to an important liberal principle the only justification for infringing the liberty of an individual is to prevent harm to others; harm to the self does...

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Autor principal: Wilkinson, Dominic
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10313974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36669884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108418