Autonomy and paternalism in communitarian society. Patient rights in Israel.
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.
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University of Haifa, Israel.
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