Patient Autonomy and the Right to Die

Authors

Roger K. Halbert (Class of 2016), Sacred Heart University

Professor

Mary Latela

Course Name

Bioethics: Religious Approaches

Course Number

TRS 340

Document Type

Essay

Original Publication Date

Fall 2015

Publication Date

Fall 2016

Abstract

The Patient Bill of Rights grants protection for patient autonomy, the right to accept or refuse treatment, while the principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence, or doing no harm, is tightly held by medical clinicians. However, when doing what the patient wants is not in accord with what the physician believes is right and good, ethical conflicts arise.

Comments

1st Prize Winner in the 2016 Writing Across the Curriculum contest at Sacred Heart University.

Recommended Citation

Halbert (Class of 2016), Roger K., "Patient Autonomy and the Right to Die" (2016). Writing Across the Curriculum. 15.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wac_prize/15

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