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Autonomy and Intervention in Medical Practice
Marxism School, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Open Journal of Philosophy·Volume 08 (2018)·Pages 294–307·Published 8 May 2018·DOI10.4236/ojpp.2018.83021
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Abstract
Autonomy and intervention are two terms of Political philosophy, and they have always been essentially located polar opposites of each other. But in medical practice, it is problematic to stress alone that either side. We should get rid of abstract liberal individual right thinking and reconsider the relationship between the patients and the physicians in all kinds of real situations. Only if we truly worship and praise for the life, including more moral and humanistic concern in abstract right discourse, the more elastic the ethical decision model will be aroused in current medical practice.
KeywordsAutonomyInterventionLifeDignityJustice
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