Trump and Putin Connect, but Avoid Talk of Lifting U.S. Sanctions. President Trump spoke by telephone on Saturday with Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany. It was one of several calls the president had with foreign leaders.
Patient autonomy: The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to influence the decision. Patient autonomy does allow for health care providers to educate the patient but does not allow the health care provider to make the decision for the patient.
autonomy (Â·t ËÂ·n Â·mÄ) , n a principle of medical ethics according to which a person should respect the rights of other individuals to freely determine their own choices and decisions. (aw-tonÅ-mÄ).utonomy. 1. the ability to function in an independent fashion. 2. in bioethics, self-determination that is free from both controlling interferences by others and personal limitations preventing meaningful choice (such as inadequate understanding or faulty reasoning).