Understanding Autonomy in Bioethics
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What is autonomy in the context of bioethics?

  • A person's willingness to follow societal norms
  • A person's compliance with medical advice
  • A person's rational capacity for self-governance and self-determination (correct)
  • A person's reliance on others for decision-making

    • According to the Declaration of Helsinki, what ethical principle is related to respecting a patient's autonomy?

  • Beneficence
  • Confidentiality
  • Autonomy (correct)
  • Veracity or truthfulness

    • What does the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights emphasize regarding autonomy?

  • The compliance with medical advice
  • The need for individuals to follow societal norms
  • The reliance on others for decision-making
  • The importance of individual responsibility in decision-making (correct)

    • In bioethics, whose autonomy should always be respected according to the lecture?

    <p>The patient's autonomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is fully exercised when our choices and actions are truly our own?

    <p>Autonomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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