
Ph.D. students
Centro di Ricerca Interdisciplinare Health Science
Anna Gadignani
Bio
Ricerca
My research examines how to rethink the principle of autonomy in healthcare, moving beyond an individualistic approach toward a relational perspective. It investigates how relationships, socio-cultural contexts, and power structures shape care decisions, particularly at the end of life. The aim is to develop a normative model and guidelines for genuinely shared decision-making among patients, informal caregivers, and healthcare professionals, reducing emotional burden and enhancing tools such as informed consent, advance care planning, and living wills.
Corsi
Conferences
Forthcoming – Contributed talk Beyond Individualistic Autonomy: Relational Ethics for the Moral Complexity of Palliative Care, Postgraduate Bioethics Conference 2025 «Disruption in Bioethics», organized by the Institute of Medical Ethics, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford. Oxford, September 4-5, 2025.
- Invited talk Come è possibile morire meglio? \ «La continuità di cura nello scompenso end-stage», organized by Fondazione “Gabriele Monasterio”, ASL Toscana Nord-Ovest, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. Pisa, June 7, 2025.
Public events
- Guest at «Fine vita. Riflessione sulla legge toscana prima in Italia», Circolo ARCI Capannoli, Capannoli (PI), April 5, 2025.