Week 2: Replies



Week 2: Replies

Reply to post by Amanda Shelton

There is no doubt that Patient centered care is very vital to the patients. But protecting patients rights also contain certain ethical issues, which are used in addition to the legal regulations, to tackle the value conflicts. Autonomy is the most important as it described as the individual's right to make decisions about his personal matters. It mainly identifies the right to self determination and is the source of the advanced directives and informed consent (Anand, 2004, pp.45-49). The informed consent serves the purpose of disclosing the necessary information to the ...