Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 24 EBP 3457 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Autonomy
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The idea
Autonomy acknowledges that patients have the right to make decisions about their own health, lives and bodies.
In practice
A supported intervention declined by the person it was offered to, and that decision standing.
Where people slip
Unit 05 built a whole unit on patient preferences. This is the principle that makes them binding rather than advisory.
Your place on the trail
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