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Autonomy

In developmental psychology and moral, political, bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing.

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Autonomy

Nodes166
Edges165
Triples168
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012048
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Autonomy

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related to Politics · 21
Autonomy → Although, An, Estonia, Federal Republic, Filipino, Hungary, In, Kosovo, Marshal Tito, Nordic, Other, Philippine Islands, Puntland Autonomous Region, Serbia, Socialist Autonomous Province, Somalia, Such, Sámi, The Philippine Autonomy Act, United States
related to Medicine · 15
Autonomy → According, Biomedical Ethics, In, It, James Childress, Just, Notably, Nuremberg, Nuremberg Code, Principles, Respect, The, These, This, Tom Beauchamp
related to According to Audi · 13
Autonomy → An, As Audi, Audi, Audi's, But, Kantian, Responding, Robert Audi, Self-legislation, So, Some, This, Traditionally
related to According to Kant · 13
Autonomy → Autonomous, Cooperative, Firstly, Greek, He, Immanuel Kant, In, Kant, Kantian, Rational, Secondly, The, Thirdly
related to Religion · 12
Autonomy → Christianity, During, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Churches, For, Greece, In, In Christianity, Mount Athos, On, Since, Some
related to The disestablishment process · 10
Autonomy → American, During, However, In, One, Protestant, Religion, Specifically, The, This
related to External links · 8
Autonomy → Center, Development Initiatives, Inter-American Studies, Jens, Kastner, Self-sustainability, University Bielefeld, What
related to International human rights law · 8
Autonomy → After, Documents, Human, Indigenous Peoples, Rights, Second World War, The Universal, United Nations Declaration
is a · 7
Autonomy → capacity to make an informed, central premise of the concept of informed consent and shared decision making, famous Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, moral right one possesses, personality trait characterized by a focus on personal achievement, property of the relation between two agents, way to accommodate the distinct regions/groups within a country
related to According to Piaget · 7
Autonomy → By, For Piaget, It, Jean Piaget, Piaget, The Swiss, When

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autonomous patient one may human moral rights personal principles medical social order rules law would stage make example physician according

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Autonomyis acapacity to make an informed0.90text
Autonomyis away to accommodate the distinct regions/groups within a country0.90text
Autonomyis amoral right one possesses0.90text
Autonomyis afamous Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece0.90text
Autonomyis acentral premise of the concept of informed consent and shared decision making0.90text
Autonomyis aproperty of the relation between two agents0.90text
Autonomyis apersonality trait characterized by a focus on personal achievement0.90text
Autonomypart ofthe reason that we hold others morally accountable for their actions0.85text
plants or animals are not blameworthy due to their actions being non-autonomousinstance ofNon- autonomous beings0.80text
misconceptions of treatmentinstance ofthere are such arguments that suggest the current patient autonomy practiced is plagued by flaws0.80text
cultural differencesinstance ofthere are such arguments that suggest the current patient autonomy practiced is plagued by flaws0.80text
and that health care systems should be shifting to greater paternalism on the part of the physician given their expertiseinstance ofthere are such arguments that suggest the current patient autonomy practiced is plagued by flaws0.80text

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