Can there be a Disability Studies Theory of “End-of-Life Autonomy?”

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1. End-of-Life Autonomy

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Can there be a Disability Studies

Theory of “End-of-Life Autonomy?”

Overview

1. “End-of-Life Autonomy”

2. A Disability Studies Critique

3. A Disability Rethinking of “Autonomy”

4. A Disability Theory of “End-of-Life Autonomy”

1. End-of-Life Autonomy

Autonomy

Coercion

End-of-Life

Death

End-of-Life Autonomy

2. A Disability Studies Critique

A Discriminatory Double Standard

Disability or Terminal Illness?

No Selective “End-of-Life Autonomy”

A Problem of “Autonomy”

3. A Disability Rethinking of “Autonomy”

Autonomy•Self vs Other

• Independence vs Dependence

Did autonomy create disability?

Myth

A Disability Studies Conception of “Autonomy”

How can we best isolate individuals from relationships to protect their autonomy?

What kind of relationships enable autonomy?

•Self and other

•The state

•Bioethics

4. A Disability Theory of End-of-Life Autonomy

Disability

A Disabled Autonomy

Too General?

Can there be a Disability Studies Theory of End-of-Life Autonomy?