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Understanding the relevance of human rights in healthcare and nursing practice

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: While the NHS aims to respect the human rights of every individual, it also has a wider social duty to promote equality in the services it provides. This means that the rights of individual patients are not absolute, because the aim of the NHS is to improve the overall health and well-being of the nation. For example, certain treatments may be withheld from individuals because of the excessive cost to the NHS, or concerns about its clinical effectiveness. This article explains the origins of human rights and their function, and examines the relationship between nursing care and human rights.

Source: Nursing Standard

DOI: 10.7748/ns.2020.e11490

Authors: Louise Terry, Roger Newham

Institutions: London South Bank University, University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3099163878

FWCI: 0.75

Cites: 13

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10