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  1. Misapplying autonomy: why patient wishes cannot settle treatment decisions.Colin Goodman & Timothy Houk - 2022 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 43 (5):289-305.
    The principle of autonomy is widely recognized to be of utmost importance in bioethics; however, we argue that this principle is often misapplied when one fails to distinguish two different contexts in medicine. When a particular patient is offered treatment options, she has the ultimate say in whether to proceed with any of those treatments. However, when deciding whether a particular intervention should be regarded as a form of medical treatment in the first place, it is the medical community who (...)
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