Health and autonomy: A review for studying patient decisions

  • Alexandra Gheondea-eladi Ph. D. Scientific Researcher III, Institute for Research on Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest. ROMANIA
Keywords: sociology of health, decision-making, patient decisions, autonomy, health diagnosis

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the meaning of two important concepts in the literature on sociology of health: health and autonomy. The review presented here has been performed as part of a research on patient's decision-making and it is meant to reveal differences in definitions which are likely to change the underpinning perspectives of patient decisions.

Published
2015-09-01
How to Cite
Gheondea-eladi, A. (2015) “Health and autonomy: A review for studying patient decisions”, Journal of Community Positive Practices, 15(1), pp. 47-56. Available at: http://www.jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/267 (Accessed: 6May2024).
Issue
No. 1 (2015): JCPP Nr. 1 2015
Section
Articles