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Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department
10 Right to work
11 Right to social security
12 Right to health protection
13 Right to benefit from scientific progress and its applications.
These rights indicate that autonomy, information, previously expressed will, claims and
complaints, access to health information, freedom of choice, individual privacy, nondiscrimination
and non-stigmatization, spiritual support, primacy of the person over science and society, and
equity in access and timely accessibility to healthcare are the pillars of a new health system.
Patients’ charters are useful tools for remembering these rights and should be implemented in
every healthcare system according to the cultural specificities of a given society.
The Right to Self-Determination The right to self-determination is closely linked to the principle of
respect for per sons (Beauchamp and Childress 2013).
To be a full human person, anyone should have the opportunity to make choices regarding every
aspect of their human life.
Thus, the concept of autonomy refers to the perspective that every rational human being should
be truly free and have the minimum conditions for self-realization.
Free will is the natural condition of the human being due to its rationality and intentionality, which
makes humans not only agents but also moral agents because they have the extraordinary capacity
to decide in accordance with their ethical standards. Usually, although not always, the special
vulnerability of the patient does not undermine this capacity.
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