Patient Rights and Autonomy

Caitlin and her other important Isaiah entered the room to wait for a nurse at the family planning clinic. Elise is a nurse who works in a family planning clinic for several years and enters the room to meet her next patient on that day. To the surprise of Elise, she noticed her husband, Kim's husband sitting with another woman in the waiting room. When Elise called the name of the next patient, she wanted to sit with Isaiah rather than female, but surprisingly the patient she was looking for was a woman sitting with Isaiah.

The nurse was told to confirm that the patient had cancer caused by a car accident and pneumonia. As the doctor believes he will only deteriorate his condition and only lose hope to everyone by saying to him, will she support the autonomy of the patient to convey him the news to him and his family, Does she reserve the news according to the doctor's instructions? Nurses believe that detention information violates the patient's right to make patient's own decisions. Nurses want to do their best for the patient, not thinking what the actual nurse will do in this situation, but thinking that holding the information from the patient is inaccurate. But she does not know the best way to solve this problem.

Advocates of euthanasia believe that patients have the right to decide when and how to die according to the principle of autonomy and self-determination. Autonomy is the concept that a patient has the right to make decisions about his / her life, unless it harms others. They relate the concept of autonomy to the rights of individuals who control their bodies and should have the right to make their own decisions about the way and timing of death. Furthermore, as part of our human rights, we are insisted that we have the right to make our own decisions and die with dignity.

We are discussing patient autonomy, but we are discussing its limits. More specifically, autonomy gives patients the right to manage treatment according to their preference, but in many cases autonomy is not respected. They accept hospice care, which is consistent with hospice preferences. This makes the autonomy's ethical concerns about hospice care preferences important. Healthcare professionals can play an important role by providing detailed information on advanced care that can be used during hospice care. Physicians can properly fulfill their duties by providing patients with detailed information on the benefits, limitations, and disadvantages of treatment. Physicians can work according to "moral theory", carry out their duties, maximize the benefit to the patient, and benefit the patient.