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Strengthening autonomy in mental health care through a relational approach
Paola Buedo1,2, Timothy Daly1,3
1Bioethics Program, FLACSO Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
Respect for autonomy is foundational to all types of clinical care, and receiving mental health care places people in a vulnerable situation that has a direct impact on their ability to live as they choose, making concerns about autonomy central. The classical understanding of personal autonomy, which still influences medical guidelines, is based on an individualistic framework and is inadequate for ethical mental health care. The goal of this Comment is to articulate why the relational autonomy model, developed in feminist bioethics, is a necessary approach for the mental health field.
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