The first individual right under the health care system is "rights related to receiving services provided under healthcare, health financing, or health insurance laws. An example of this right is the Patient Self Determination Act. This act is a federal law that requires health care organizations, such as hospitals and nursing homes to provide information on advance directives, must ask you whether you have an advance directive, and provide information of your rights under state law, such as the right to refuse treatment. This law ensures that a patient 's right to self-determination in health care decisions is communicated.
Another individual right is "rights related to freedom of choice and freedom from government interference when making healthcare decisions". In general, we are given freedom of choice rights such as the freedom to bear arms, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. However, this right under the healthcare system means that a person has the freedom to make their own health care decisions. Every woman has the right to decide if they want to have an abortion. This is an example of this type of
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The Cassandra C vs. Connecticut case involved 17 year old Cassandra C who refused to receive cancer treatment. Her parent also agreed with her decision. However, the court ruled that she was not mature enough to make that decision under the mature minor doctrine, especially since she had ran away from home to avoid chemotherapy treatment. She was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and wanted to consider other treatment options. The courts denied her request and she was forced to undergo chemotherapy. Although, in this case the patient request was denied due to her not being of legal age, this court case falls under "rights related to freedom of choice and government interference". Even though was only a few months from her eighteen birthday when this occurred, she was not the legal age and her actions to the courts did not prove she was a mature