self-determination

Example Sentences

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At the same time, the administration’s apparent tolerance for patient self-determination was a hard-won result of the patient campaign to change Carville’s institutional culture from that of a hospital to a community.

From Salon

The group paid tribute to Minelli, saying he had led a "life for freedom of choice, self-determination, and human rights".

From BBC

But Holmes was prepared to accept the popular will expressed through democracy and self-determination.

From Salon

Mr Lipholo's motion is based on a 1962 United Nations resolution that recognised the right to self-determination and independence for the people of Basutoland - as Lesotho was then called.

From BBC

But brain wearables also pose very real risks to mental privacy, freedom of thought and self-determination.

From Scientific American