Respect for autonomy\u00a0\u2013 one of the four basic ethical principles\u00a0\u2013 is based on the right for self-determination. An autonomous individual should be offered all relevant information so that he\/she can understand the consequences of various options, make free choices and im\u00adplement his\/her own decisions. Thus, respecting one’s autonomy involves assuming several ob\u00adligations, including the obligation to assure anot\u00adher person an optimal degree of autonomous decision-making. Based on the principle of au\u00adtonomy are also the right for protection of per\u00adsonal data. Limiting one’s autonomy should be understood as a stepwise, rather than abrupt all-or-nothing way of restricting one’s right to self determination. Limitations of autonomy are ca\u00adtegorised as follows: voluntary limitations, impl\u00adying that a person wishes to transfer the right to decision-making to another person; enforced li\u00admitations which are either justified, i. e. enforced as an inevitable consequence of adjusting the conflicting interests of individuals and society, or unjustified, resulting from restricted information, or from pressures hindering free decision-ma\u00adking, and inevitable limitations of autonomy due to one’s incapacity to make free decisions. In the latter case, we have to rely on advance directi\u00adves or surrogate decision-making. In advance directives, the crucial question is whether at the time when the statement the person was fully aware of his\/her future position, future (not ac\u00adtual) preferences, and implications his\/her de\u00adcisions. Respect for autonomy, however, should not be the guiding principle in surrogate deci\u00adsion-making; rather, the decision should rely on the principles of beneficence, non-maleficen\u00adce and justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respect for autonomy\u00a0\u2013 one of the four basic ethical principles\u00a0\u2013 is based on the right for self-determination. An autonomous individual should be offered all relevant information so that he\/she can understand the consequences of various options, make free choices and im\u00adplement his\/her own decisions. Thus, respecting one’s autonomy involves assuming several ob\u00adligations, including the obligation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[330,430,436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-1998-archive","category-medical-deontology-and-philosophy","category-oncology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n