Foucauldian Ethics and Elective Death
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Prado, C.G.
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Journal of Medical Humanities 2003 Winter; 24(3-4): 203-211
Abstract
Concern with elective-death decisions usually focuses on individuals' competence and understanding of their situations and prospects. If problematic influences on individuals are considered, they almost invariably have to do with matters such as depression and the effects of medication. Too little attention is paid to how individuals, as subjects, are products of both external cultural and social influences on them, and of internal efforts and needs that determine their subjectivity.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/996460
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2003-12Collections
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