PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I Gremmen
AU  - G Widdershoven
AU  - A Beekman
AU  - R Zuijderhoudt
AU  - S Sevenhuijsen
TI  - Ulysses arrangements in psychiatry: a matter of good care?
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2006.019240
DP  - 2008 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 77--80
VI  - 34
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/34/2/77.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/34/2/77.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2008 Feb 01; 34
AB  - This article concerns the issue of how an ethic of care perspective may contribute to both normative theory and mental health care policy discussions on so called Ulysses arrangements, a special type of advance directives in psychiatry. The debate on Ulysses arrangements has predominantly been waged in terms of autonomy conceived of as the right to non-intervention. On the basis of our empirical investigations into the experiences of persons directly involved with Ulysses arrangements, we argue that a care ethics perspective may broaden and deepen the debate on Ulysses arrangements, by introducing additional concepts, such as vulnerability, responsibility and mutuality, and by refining familiar concepts, such as autonomy.