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Descriptor
English
:
Personal Autonomy
Descriptor
Spanish
:
autonomía personal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Autonomia Pessoal
Synonyms
English
:
Autonomy, Personal
Free Will
Self Determination
Tree Number:
F02.600
I01.880.604.473.380.500
K01.752.566.479.830.650
N03.706.437.380.500
N05.350.958.650
SP9.020.020.020.010
Definition
English
:
Self-directing
freedom
and especially moral independence. An ethical principle holds that the autonomy of
persons
ought to be respected. (
Bioethics
Thesaurus)
See Related
English
:
Paternalism
Professional Autonomy
Self Concept
History Note
English
:
2002; for SELF DETERMINATION use FREEDOM 1990-2001
Record Number:
36316
Unique Identifier:
D026684
Occurrence in VHL
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