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Autonomy — For other uses, see Autonomy (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Autotomy. Not to be confused with Catautonomous. Autonomy (Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος autonomos from αὐτο auto self + νόμος nomos, law one who gives… … Wikipedia
Patient safety and nursing — Nurses are knowledge workers whose main responsibility is to provide safe and effective care within constantly evolving health care systems. Nurses collaborate with one another, as well as doctors, aides and technicians, to provide holistic care… … Wikipedia
autonomy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, substantial ▪ greater, increased, increasing, more ▪ absolute, complete, full … Collocations dictionary
Patient safety organization — A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. In the 1990s, reports in several countries revealed a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths each year due … Wikipedia
Patient autonomy — The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to influence the decision. Patient autonomy does allow for health care providers to educate the patient but does not allow the health care… … Medical dictionary
autonomy — n. self determination, or the freedom to behave in ways that accord with one s own values and objectives. Respect for the autonomy of the patient is one of the four principles of medical ethics. In practice, this usually takes the form of… … The new mediacal dictionary
Medical ethics — is a system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology … Wikipedia
bioethics — bioethical, adj. bioethicist /buy oh eth euh sist/, n. /buy oh eth iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and… … Universalium
Robot — This article is about mechanical robots. For other uses of the term, see robot (disambiguation). For software agents, see Bot. ASIMO (2000) at the Expo 2005, a humanoid robot … Wikipedia
MEDICINE AND LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Judicial Decision – A Value Determination the values of a jewish and democratic state in the image of god PHYSICIAN S DUTIES AND PATIENTS RIGHTS the physician and the judge … Encyclopedia of Judaism
