... for autonomy; 2. Non-maleficence; 3. Beneficence, and 4. Justice. The paper will include personal views surrounding the subject and also legal and ethical views put in place by the NMC. Views will be enforced by further reading and research. This will then lead to a final conclusion to the dilemma in question. Autonomy Autonomy can be described as self-governance and independence of thinking. It has been argued that to be autonomous, one must have the mental capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision, about ones health. There are three aspects to autonomy; 1. Thought - thinking for oneself 2. Will - freedom to make decisions on your deliberations 3. Action - freedom to act on ones will and deliberation These aspects of autonomy must be respected at all times without judgement of character. The victim of the accident is autonomous in this case as he is an adult who can make an informed decision, after being told the risks of not ...

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