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Respecting the autonomy of disabled people is an important ethical issue for providers of long-term care. In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in this setting, where ethical conflict, dilemma and tragedy are inescapable. He argues that liberal accounts of autonomy and individual rights are insufficient, and offers an account of autonomy that matches the realities of long-term care. The book therefore offers a framework for carers to develop an ethic of long-term care within the complex environment in which many dependent and aged people find themselves. Previously published as Autonomy and Long-term Care, this revised edition, in paperback for the first time, takes account of recent work and develops the author's views of what autonomy means in the real world. It will have wide appeal among bioethicists and health care professionals

Section I / Health Care Teams and the Physician-Patient Relationship -- An Historical View of Health Care Teams -- Once On Top, Now On Tap: American Physicians View Their Relationships With Patients, 1920–1970 -- Section II / Authority and Responsibility in the Practice of Medicine -- The Concept of Responsibility in Medicine -- Comments on "The Concept of Responsibility in Medicine" -- Authority and the Profession of Medicine -- Power, Authority, and Rights in the Practice of Medicine -- Medical Authority and Professional Medical Authority: The Nature of Authority in Medicine for Decisions by Lay Persons and Professionals -- Section III / Ethics of Consultation and Interprofessional Relationships -- Medical Consultations in the Context of the Physician-Patient Relationship -- Integrity in Interprofessional Relationships -- Consulting With Integrity: Some Reflections on Team Health Care and Professional Responsibility -- Logical Confusions and Moral Dilemmas in Health Care Teams and Team Talk -- Responsibility and Health Care Teams: A Health Professional's Perspective -- Section IV / Legal and Political Responsibility in Health Care Matters -- Legal Responsibility in Health Care: Whose Fault is It Anyway? -- Reaching Closure on Health-Related Controversies -- Responsibility and Public Policy in Health Care: Commentary on Essays by Williams and Rich -- Notes on Contributors.