Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: homo economicus

  • Are we gorging on autonomy?

    Oliver William MorrissCambridge, England A potentially fatal crisis in the contemporary world threatens the very foundations of public health, in that what were formerly known as “diseases of affluence,” namely stroke, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, have become a global phenomenon affecting individual lives as well as national economies. Respect for autonomy is fundamental to bioethics;…