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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Child
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Community Participation
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Community-Institutional Relations
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Decision Making
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Ethics Committees, Clinical
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Ethics, Medical
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Euthanasia, Passive
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Freedom*
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Government*
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Health Policy
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Humans
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Informed Consent
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Israel
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Judaism
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Paternalism*
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Patient Advocacy* / legislation & jurisprudence
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Patient Rights*
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Personal Autonomy*
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Policy Making*
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Public Health
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Religion and Medicine
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Social Justice
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Social Responsibility*
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Social Values
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Treatment Refusal
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United States
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Value of Life