- Title
- Has the autonomy pendulum swung too far?
- Creator
- Walker, Paul
- Relation
- ANZ Journal of Surgery Vol. 88, Issue 6, p. 536-539
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.14053
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Introduction: This paper aims to contribute to the discussion about patient-centred care in surgery. It is contended here that the paradigm shift towards patient-centred decision making in health care does not mean that patient values alone (or those of their proxies) should, uncritically, be the lead decision makers in determining surgical care. Methods and Results: In support of that contention, three clarifications to our conception of autonomy will be offered. First, autonomy may not be best-positioned as the lead principle guiding health care decision making. Second, arguably our traditional understanding of autonomy, as it might be applied to health care, is incomplete. Third, where autonomy is vested is contentious, and proxy decision-makers can further complicate the decision-making process. Discussion: It will be argued that an approach of inclusive, non-coercive and reflective dialogue, seeking a consensual decision amongst all those affected, is more appropriate for moral decision making in surgery. This dialogue is set in the actual reality of the patient's illness. During the discourse, each participant has equal rights to contribute and to be heard, equal duties not to coerce, and equal co-responsibilities to share the perspectives of others in the discourse, aiming to reach consensus.
- Subject
- autonomy; consumer-centred care; dialogical consensus; morals; patient-centred care
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1409512
- Identifier
- uon:36037
- Identifier
- ISSN:1445-1433
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of above article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.14053. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- Language
- eng
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