Author/Editor		Klemenc, Darinka
Title		Medicinska sestra - zagovornica pacientovih pravic
Translated title		Nurse - an advocate of patient's rights
Type		članek
Source		Obz Zdrav Nege
Vol. and No.		Letnik 38, št. 4
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 287-96
Language		slo
Abstract		The article deals with patients' rights and stresses the right of autonomy as one of fundamental patient's rights in holistic individual patient treatment. In the first part, some concepts like ethics, morale, autonomy, advocacy, informing, patient's consent are discussed. The second part presents a research project of the Nurses and Nursing Technicians Association Ljubljana Nursing care and Ethics. The author tried to find an answer to the question: What is patient's autonomy? Gathered data were analysed with a qualitative method and classified into 20 categories from which the first five cover the majority of answers. In the author's opinion, the field of nursing ethics in Slovenia requires further interpretation and, above all, transfer of ethical principles into practice.
Summary		Članek obravnava pravice pacientov in izpostavlja pravico do avtonomije kot eno ključnih pravic pri celostni individualni obravnavi posameznika. V prvem delu so opredeljeni nekateri pojmi, kot so: etika, morala, avtonomija, zagovorništvo, informiranje, pristanek pacienta. V drugem delu je predstavljen del raziskovalnega projekta Društva medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov Ljubljana Zdravstvena nega v luči etike. Avtorica je iskala odgovore na odprto vprašanje: Kaj je avtonomija pacienta? Zbrani podatki so obdelani po kvalitativni metodi in so razvrščeni v dvajset kategorij, od katerih prvih pet predstavlja večino odgovorov. Avtorica zaključuje, da je področje etike v zdravstveni negi v Sloveniji potrebno dodatnih osvetlitev, predvsem pa apliciranja etičnih načel v prakso.
Descriptors		NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS PATIENT ADVOCACY ETHICS, NURSING QUESTIONNAIRES