Mental capacity, dignity and the power of international human rights / Julia Duffy, Queensland University of Technology
- Bib ID:
- 10009323
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Duffy, Julia, 1959-, author
- Description:
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- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
- xxi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781009304528 ((hardback))
- 1009304526
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781009304481 ((ebook))
- Series:
- Cambridge bioethics and law.
- Summary:
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"Using illustrative case studies, Julia Duffy shows how the assumption that autonomy is the basis of philosophical and legal personhood fails to accommodate the human rights and healthcare needs of adults with cognitive disability. Instead, she develops a framework for understanding dignity as the key determiner of personhood for all"--
- Full contents:
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- Introduction and background
- Article 12
- The principle of indivisibility and Article 12
- Article 12 and autonomy
- Article 12 and dignity
- Article 12 and equality
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
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- Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Queensland University of Technology, 2022) issued under title: The Indivisibility of Human Rights and Decision-Making by, with and for Adults with Cognitive Disabilities.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Copyright:
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