Department of Nursing, University of Lahore, Pakistan
She is currently working as a Nurse in the Department of Nursing. Her research interests includes Clinical Nursing, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Administration, Autonomy . she is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. She has successfully completed his Administrative
Review Article
Autonomy Overrides Professional Obligations! An Ethical Analysis
Author(s): Mishal Liaqat*, Adnan Yaqoob, Sidra Nadeem and Iram Liaqat
Autonomy is considered the prime principle in medical ethics. Health care providers (HCP’s) are obligated to respect
patients’ autonomy in almost every situation. Even if patients’ take decisions that poses could threat their life. It is
especially challengeable in case of children where the key decision-makers are parents. This paper identifies such
conditions in which there is a conflict between the parents’ autonomy to make decisions on behalf of their child and
beneficence to improve children's health. A question arises with this situation on that, is it right to respect parent's
autonomy or not, but HCP’s are committed to do in the best interest of their patients. .. View more»