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Q.1
Q.1: Reply in two sentences
20 Marks - 2 marks each
(a)What is meant by "Patient's Right to Self-Determination"?[2]
Answer
The right of self-determination is the right of a competent adult to decide what is done to his or her own body. In medicine, the patient decides, not the doctor or the family. He may accept or refuse a test, an operation or a treatment. It is the root of the rules on consent, informed consent and informed refusal.
The classic statement is Justice Cardozo's in Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital (1914) 211 NY 125: "Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body". The Supreme Court quoted it in Samira Kohli v. Dr. Prabha Manchanda, (2008) 2 SCC 1. A surgeon who operates without consent commits an assault.
In India the right is part of Article 21. Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1 made privacy, including control over one's body and choices, a fundamental right. Jacob Puliyel v. Union of India, decided on 2 May 2022, held that no one can be forced to be vaccinated, and that personal autonomy includes "the right to refuse to undergo any medical treatment". The right is not absolute: a limit must be lawful, necessary and proportionate, for example to protect public health.
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