Understanding the relevance of human rights in healthcare and nursing practice.

Louise Terry

doi:10.7748/ns.2020.e11490

Understanding the relevance of human rights in healthcare and nursing practice.

Louise Terry

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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. [Abstract copyright: © 2020 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.]

Original language	English
Journal	Nursing Standard
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2020.e11490
Publication status	Published - 9 Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

professional
Human Rights Act
legal issues
human rights
ethical practice
ethical issues

UN SDGs

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