Behavioral bioethics: Notes of a behavioral economist

Modern American bioethics is built on the assumption that the patient is fully rational. That is a very strong assumption and has made modern bioethics difficult to apply. Bioethics ought to adopt the more nuanced notion of rationality from behavioral economics. I go through several major bioethical principles, assuming that the patient is less than fully rational.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Lee, Li Way
Published in:	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics). - Elsevier, ISSN 2214-8043. - Vol. 40.2011, 4, p. 368-372
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Bioethics Patient Rationality Mental competency Behavioral economics Behavioral bioethics

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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