AIMS This paper will examine understandings of autonomy and choice in relation to palliative and end-of-life care and identify implications for nursing practice. BACKGROUND Autonomy in relation to patient-centred care and advocacy has been identified as a key component of palliative and end-of-life care provision internationally. Understandings of autonomy have emerged in an individualised fr...

In any multi-actor environment, there is an inevitable trade-off between achieving global coordination of activities and respecting the autonomy of the actors involved. Agile and resilient behaviour demands dynamic coordination capabilities, but task and resource allocation quickly becomes a demanding challenge in joint NEC environments because of individual constraints and demands. In this pap...

We present a model of absolute autonomy and power in agent systems. This absolute sense of autonomy captures the agent’s liberty over an agent’s preferences. Our model characterizes an affinity between autonomy and power. We argue that agents with similar individual autonomy and power experience an adjusted level of autonomy and power due to being in a group of like agents. We then illustrate o...

This article examines the ethical basis for government involvement in health care. It first provides the case for individual autonomy, focusing on the justifications--particularly ethical ones--for allowing individuals to make their own choices in health care, and to control more of their own resources in doing so. Next, it provides the opposite case--for abridging individual autonomy, and in p...

We present a model of absolute autonomy and power in agent systems. This absolute sense of autonomy captures the agent’s liberty over an agent’s preferences. Our model characterizes an affinity between autonomy and power. We argue that agents with similar individual autonomy and power experience an adjusted level of autonomy and power due to being in a group of like agents. We then illustrate o...

The empirical evidence for the relationship between autonomy-supportive environments and physiological stress is inconsistent. Whereas some studies report a decrease in stress in autonomy-supportive environments, other studies show a negative effect of autonomy on physiological stress. As previous research has not considered individual differences within this relationship, the present research ...

in occupational and environmental health research, individual, group and community research participants have a unique and vested interest in the research findings. the ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence and beneficence are helpful in considering the ethical issues in the disclosure of research findings in occupational and environmental health research. researchers need to include ...