AUTONOMY

AUTO (SELF) AND NOMOS (GOVERNANCE)

SELF GOVERNANCE, PERSONAL LIBERTY

 IN HEALTH CARE, BY AUTONOMY, WE MEAN

• AN INDIVIDUAL IS
FREE TO CHOOSE AND IMPLEMENT
HIS OR HER OWN DECISIONS
AN INDIVIDUAL IS FREE FROM ANY FORM OR CONSTRAINT, DURESS OR COERCION
 ASSUMPTIONS

• THE ABILITY TO DECIDE • INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCE OF

(PROVIDED ADEQUATE BOTH THE PATIENT, THE DOCTOR
INFORMATION IS GIVEN) AND THE NURSES, OF EVERYONE
INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF THE
PATIENT.
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DR. MENGELE
THE CRUELEST DOCTOR OF THE HOLOCAUST
 SOME CONCEPTS

THERAPEUTIC BENEVOLENT
INFORMED CONSENT PRIVILEGE DECEPTION

PATERNALISM
FIDUCIARY
RELATIONSHIP
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