{"id":12191,"date":"2005-10-09T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-10T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:37:55","slug":"correspondence-conscientious-autonomy-what-patients-do-vs-what-is-done-to-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12191","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Conscientious Autonomy: What Patients Do vs. What Is Done to Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CH Browner<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hastings-2-e1615250191854.jpg\" alt=\"The Hastings Center Report\" class=\"wp-image-11251\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hastings Center Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>I was intrigued by her argument that an \u201cautonomous\u201d medical decision can sometimes involve simple deference to medical authority, but I\u2019m still unclear what she means when she says that such decisions can be construed as conscientiously autonomous if derived from a patient\u2019s \u201cself trust.\u201d This seems precisely the paradox at the heart of debates over the existence of free will, or in Kukla\u2019s rubric, autonomous choice: is there a \u201cspace\u201d outside of social life constituting individual desires where choices derive from what one \u201creally\u201d wants?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Browner C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3528324\">(Correspondence) Conscientious Autonomy: What Patients Do vs. What Is Done to Them.<\/a> Hastings Cent Rep. 2005; September-October:4-5. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CH Browner ExtractI was intrigued by her argument that an \u201cautonomous\u201d medical decision can sometimes involve simple deference to medical authority, but I\u2019m still unclear what she means when she says that such decisions can be construed as conscientiously autonomous if derived from a patient\u2019s \u201cself trust.\u201d This seems precisely the paradox at the heart &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12191\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Correspondence) Conscientious Autonomy: What Patients Do vs. What Is Done to 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