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 can be defined as the ability of the person to make his or her own decisions. This faith in autonomy is the central premise of the concept of informed consent and shared decision making. This idea, while considered essential to today's practice of medicine, was developed in the last 50 years.