title: [Autonomy and human dignity--fiction and reality].
abstract: Definition and lived-in reality of "autonomy" an "human-dignity" may differ as can be shown by means of a patient's situation: it varies whether patient, relatives, general practitioner or hospital doctor are involved. It is most important to assure these terms not only to be fiction but to become a lived reality.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Geriatrie-Rehabilitation, Zieglerspital, Bern.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chappuis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013557:Switzerland; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Autonomie und menschliche Würde--Fiktion und Realität.