Patient autonomy and choice in healthcare: self-testing devices as a case in point

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作者
Greaney, Anna-Marie [1 ,2 ]
O'Mathuna, Donal P. [2 ]
Scott, P. Anne
机构
[1] Inst Technol, Dept Nursing & Healthcare Studies, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland
[2] Dublin City Univ, Sch Nursing & Human Sci, Biomed Diagnost Inst, Dublin 9, Ireland
关键词
Patients; Autonomy; Self-testing devices; Negative freedom; Positive freedom; Care; Relationality; Professional responsibility; PARTICIPATION; HIV;
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10.1007/s11019-011-9356-6
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B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
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摘要
This paper aims to critique the phenomenon of advanced patient autonomy and choice in healthcare within the specific context of self-testing devices. A growing number of self-testing medical devices are currently available for home use. The premise underpinning many of these devices is that they assist individuals to be more autonomous in the assessment and management of their health. Increased patient autonomy is assumed to be a good thing. We take issue with this assumption and argue that self-testing provides a specific example how increased patient autonomy and choice within healthcare might not best serve the patient population. We propose that current interpretations of autonomy in healthcare are based on negative accounts of liberty to the detriment of a more relational understanding. We also propose that Kantian philosophy is often applied to the healthcare arena in an inappropriate manner. We draw on the philosophical literature and examples from the self-testing process to support these claims. We conclude by offering an alternative account of autonomy based on the interrelated concepts of relationality, care and responsibility.
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页码:383 / 395
页数:13
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