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.
Self-governance, self-government, or autonomy, is an abstract concept that applies to several scales of organization. It may refer to personal conduct or family units or to larger scale activities including professions, industry bodies, religions, political units (usually referred to as local government), including autonomous regions or others within nation-states that enjoy some sovereign rights.