Author/Editor		Klemenc, Darinka
Title		Medicinska sestra - zagovornica pacientovih pravic, tudi pravice do avtonomije
Translated title		Nurse - the advocate of patient's rights, also the right of autonomy
Type		članek
Source		In: Klemenc D, Kvas A, Pahor M, et al, editors. Zdravstvena nega v luči etike. Ljubljana: Društvo medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov,
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 249-63
Language		slo
Abstract		The article presents patients' rights and exposes the right of autonomy as one of the most important right regarding holistic and individual approach to the patient. Concepts like ethics, morality, autonomy, advocacy, informed consent are determined. A research of the Nurse Organization of Ljubljana with the title: Nursing in the light of ethic is presented. The author tried to find out the an.swers of one opened question: What is patient's autonomy? The results are collected with qualitative method and elassified into 20 categories where first 5 categories represent the most frequent answers, suelt as: infortnation, agreement, informed consent, self-determination, individual treatment, respect patient's identity. The author found out tltat ethics in nursing care in Slovenia needs more theoretical and practical approarhes.
Descriptors		NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS PATIENT ADVOCACY ETHICS, NURSING QUESTIONNAIRES