Browsing by Subject "Autonomy"
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Advance Directives in Mental Health Care: Hearing the Voice of the Mentally Ill
(Thomson Reuters Professional Ireland Limited, 2010-05)Advance directives or 'living wills' are statements by competent adults setting out their wishes in anticipation of future incapacity to make decisions. The capacity to make independent choices and decisions may be impacted ... -
Autonomy and prenuptial agreements in Ireland: A relational analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-04-03)Unlike England and Wales, Ireland has not yet moved from the traditional common law rejection of prenuptial agreements. Nevertheless, similar policy concerns continue to be debated in both jurisdictions, particularly regarding ... -
‘Cé leis í?’ Determining the legal position of the ‘Surrogate’ in a surrogacy relationship through the Reproductive Justice Framework: A proposed model for Ireland.
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-29)This thesis asks the question: Cé leis í? (Who is she?) This question refers to the uniquely Irish kinship structure which recognises complex filiation structures. Similarly, advances in assisted human reproduction which ... -
Exploring and enhancing autonomy for older people in residential care
(2012-10-25)The purpose of this study was to explore autonomy for older people in residential care. A single exploratory embedded case study design was used. The case study was adopted for the purpose of gaining a better understanding ... -
The influence of nursing home residency on the capacities of low-dependency older adults
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-10-14)Objective: With the growing number of low-dependency older adults in long-stay care and the lack of categorisation of these institutions in the Republic of Ireland, it can be asked if such facilities are truly beneficial. ... -
Intervention, Consociationalism and De Facto Partition: The role of the external dimension in shaping post-war Kosovo 1999-2012
(2014-10-29)Consociational systems in post-conflict societies have been increasingly subject to international intervention. Whereas the literature argues that consociationalism has become the blueprint for international post-conflict ... -
The introduction of a legal framework for Advance Directives in Irish mental health care
(2014-06-03)Advance directives (ADs) are legal statements or documents, which allow a person to outline treatment preferences and other life choices prior to a mental health crisis. This thesis examines the issues arising in relation ... -
Older women's expereinces of ageing and health related issues in Ireland
(2017-01-26)Background: A challenge of an increasing ageing population is the ‘feminisation of ageing’. Worldwide women live longer than men and this pattern is replicated in Ireland. It is important that health care professionals and ... -
Relational theory and choice rhetoric in the Supreme Court of Canada
(2015)The issue of personal choice has become central to Canadian family law. Much of the debate derives from the competing models of autonomy posited by neoliberal and feminist theorists. Neoliberalism, which currently dominates ... -
The right to legal agency: domination, disability and the protections of Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02-15)Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has created a revolution in legal-capacity law reform. It protects the right to exercise legal agency for people with disabilities with more clarity ... -
There should be recognition and protection of the privacy of children's identity and freedom for them to narrate their own online identity
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-21)Sharenting is a compound word derived from the words ‘parent’ and ‘sharing’ and, is defined as ‘the online posting of a child’s images and private details by parents with or without the child’s consent’.1 Parents share ... -
Understanding Agility in Software Development through A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective
(2009)Agile software development methods have emerged in recent years and have become increasingly popular since the start of the century. While much research claims to study agile methods, the meaning of agility itself in ...