TY - JOUR T1 - Finnish doctors and the realisation of patient autonomy in the context of end of life decision making JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 316 LP - 320 DO - 10.1136/jme.2004.010462 VL - 32 IS - 6 AU - H-M Hildén AU - M-L Honkasalo AU - P Louhiala Y1 - 2006/06/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/32/6/316.abstract N2 - Patient autonomy is a fundamental principle in end of life decision making. However, its realisation may take a variety of forms. Discourse analysis was conducted in a qualitative interview study of 19 physicians. The physicians made use of three different discourses, each of which contained a specific understanding of patient autonomy and a physician’s proper activities in the context of end of life decision making. ER -