Autonomy and paternalism in communitarian society. Patient rights in Israel

Hastings Cent Rep. 1999 Jul-Aug;29(4):13-20.

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

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