title: Autonomy and paternalism in communitarian society. Patient rights in Israel.
abstract: The Israeli Patient Rights Act attempts to accommodate personal autonomy within an avowedly paternalist communitarian state. Although Israel is still groping toward a solution, the legislation begins to show the different form a communitarian version of autonomy must take.
authors.affiliation: University of Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003657:Decision Making; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005610:Freedom; D006076:Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007557:Israel; D007599:Judaism; D026706:Paternalism; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011050:Policy Making; D011634:Public Health; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life