caa a22 4500 467896577 CHVBK 20180406152805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11019-005-3436-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11019-005-3436-4 Varelius J. Department of Philosophy, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland aut Autonomy, Wellbeing, and the Case of the Refusing Patient [Elektronische Daten] [J. Varelius] A moral problem arises when a patient refuses a treatment that would save her life. Should the patient be treated against her will? According to an influential approach to questions of biomedical ethics, certain considerations pertaining to individual autonomy provide a solution to this problem. According to this approach, we should respect the patient's autonomy and, since she has made an autonomous decision against accepting the treatment, she should not be treated. This article argues against the view that our answer to the question of whether or not the refusing patient ought to be treated should be based on these kinds of considerations pertaining to individual autonomy and maintains that finding a plausible answer to this question presupposes that we resolve questions concerning subjectivity and objectivity of individual wellbeing. Springer, 2006 autonomy nationallicence objective nationallicence patient nationallicence subjective nationallicence value nationallicence wellbeing nationallicence Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/1(2006-03-01), 117-125 1386-7423 9:1<117 2006 9 11019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-005-3436-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-005-3436-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Varelius J. Department of Philosophy, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/1(2006-03-01), 117-125 1386-7423 9:1<117 2006 9 11019 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer