@inbook{97a3951ef6d74283aade844f98176ee4,
title = "Autonomy",
abstract = "In bioethics, the principle of respect for autonomy is widely understood as the principle that health care professionals have an obligation to respect patients{\textquoteright} autonomous choices and decisions about their own health care. Respect for autonomy is a core principle of bioethics, underpinning requirements of informed consent to medical treatment and participation in medical research. It is also of central concern in a number of other areas in bioethics, such as in debates about reproductive choice and end of life decisionmaking.",
author = "Catriona Mackenzie",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.4324/9780203804971-33",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780415896665",
series = "Routledge philosophy companions",
publisher = "Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group",
pages = "277--290",
editor = "Arras, {John D.} and Elizabeth Fenton and Rebecca Kukla",
booktitle = "Routledge companion to bioethics",
address = "United Kingdom",
}