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FREEDOM CHOICE [15 records]

Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
CONT

Though the sexual patterns are often baffling to foreigners, permissiveness and restrictiveness live side by side in the Japanese mind.

OBS

permissive : Granting permission : allowing freedom as of choice, development, behavior : tolerant, indulgent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

It is not enough to obtain the consent of the patient. The consent decision must be voluntary, that is, the act of a person who is "so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice without undue inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other form of constraint or coercion. "... it means that the person must be free to refuse to participate, and Cahn labels lack of this freedom the "major malpractice of our era, [which is] ’engineering consent’".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Il ne suffit pas d'obtenir le consentement du patient. Ce consentement doit être volontaire, c'est-à-dire qu'il doit être le fait d'une personne qui se trouve «dans des circonstances lui permettant d'exercer un libre choix, en l'absence de toute incitation indue, de toute forme de violence, de dol, de supercherie, de contrainte et d'aucune autre forme de coercition». [ ... ] la personne doit être libre de refuser de participer. Cahn qualifie l'absence de cette liberté de «faute professionnelle du siècle [consistant en] des manœuvres destinées à obtenir le consentement».

OBS

manœuvres destinées à obtenir le consentement : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motivation and Advertising Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

... the systematic and evidence-based development and implementation of nudges in creating behavior change.

CONT

... nudging seems to offer policy makers an effective way to influence citizens’ behavior without further restricting freedom of choice, imposing mandatory obligations, or introducing new taxations, or tax reliefs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motivation et psychologie de la publicité
  • Comportement humain

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Homeopathy
OBS

As part of the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada, the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate(NNHPD) is the regulating authority for natural health products for sale in Canada. [Its] role is to ensure that Canadians have ready access to natural health products that are safe, effective and of high quality while respecting freedom of choice and philosophical and cultural diversity.

OBS

[In] June 2014, [the] NHPD changed its name to the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD).

Key term(s)
  • Natural and Non-prescription Health Product Directorate
  • Natural Health Product Directorate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Homéopathie
OBS

La Direction des produits de santé naturels et sans ordonnance (DPSNSO) fait partie de la Direction générale des produits de santé et des aliments (DGPSA) de Santé Canada. Elle est l'autorité réglementaire pour les produits de santé naturels vendus au Canada. [Son] rôle consiste à s'assurer que la population canadienne ait un accès rapide à des produits de santé naturels sécuritaires, efficaces et de grande qualité, tout en respectant la liberté de choix ainsi que la diversité philosophique et culturelle.

OBS

En juin 2014, la DPSN est renommée la Direction des produits de santé naturels et sans ordonnance (DPSNSO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

Vision : To empower humanity in the expression of maximum health, wellness and human potential through universal chiropractic expression and utilization. Mission : To advance chiropractic throughout the world as a distinct health care profession predicated upon its unique philosophy, science, and art. Objectives : Maintain and promote chiropractic' s unique identity as a non-therapeutic, drugless and surgical-free health science, based on its fundamental principles and philosophy. Provide leadership in the establishment of chiropractic licensure regulation in every nation and promote the quality and authenticity of chiropractic education. Foster the professional and technical development of the Doctor of Chiropractic through programs of continuing education, research, political, and social action. Encourage the highest professional, technical, and ethical standards for the doctor of chiropractic while safeguarding the professional welfare of its members. Champion the principle that every citizen in the world has the right to freedom of choice in health care and be able to choose unhampered the doctor and the healing art of his/her choice. Work harmoniously with other health care organizations and governments in a global humanitarian effort to foster chiropractic and spinal hygiene in the fields of family health(including children, women, and the elderly), and occupational health. Work for full inclusion of chiropractic in all public and private health care delivery programs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
DEF

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.

CONT

Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion.

OBS

Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in this last condition are the right of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice, and the right of access to appropriate health care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
DEF

[...] état de complet bien-être tant physique, mental que social de la personne humaine, et non pas seulement l'absence de maladie ou d'infirmités; cela suppose que les hommes et les femmes sont en mesure d'avoir une vie sexuelle satisfaisante et sans danger; qu'ils sont en mesure de se reproduire et ont la liberté de décider de l'opportunité et du moment de le faire, ainsi que du nombre de leurs enfants.

CONT

La promotion de la santé sexuelle et génésique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
DEF

Condición de bienestar físico, mental y social en los aspectos relativos al sistema reproductivo en todas las etapas de la vida.

CONT

La salud reproductiva implica que las personas puedan tener una vida sexual satisfactoria y segura, la capacidad de tener hijos y la libertad de decidir si quieren tenerlos, cuándo y con qué frecuencia. En esta última condición está implícito el derecho de hombres y mujeres de estar informados y tener acceso a métodos de regulación de la fertilidad de su preferencia que sean seguros, eficaces, asequibles y aceptables [...]

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Record 7 2005-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

The principle of freedom of choice includes the principle of freedom of speech.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

Nous ne pourrions peut-être plus jouir de la liberté de choix, d'expression et de religion, sans laquelle le Canada ne pourrait être ce qu'il est.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Also known as: Humanist Association of British Columbia.

OBS

The BCHA is a non-profit association that is part of an international philosophical movement committed to the following principles; secular ethics, freedom of choice, pluralism, democracy, free inquiry, separation of church and state, concern for others, personal responsibility and freedom from religion.

OBS

Titles and abbreviation confirmed by the association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
OBS

Appellations et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A property of software that enables it to change easily in response to different user and system requirements.

CONT

Software flexibility is another key benefit realised through the utilisation of PC-based control; the developer has the freedom of choice for operating systems, programming languages and other tools in which to develop applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Propiedad de la programática que le permite cambiar fácilmente, en respuesta a las necesidades de los diferentes usuarios y requisitos de los sistemas.

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Record 10 1993-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Individuals seeking to protect reproduction freedom of choice

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Dedicated to the principle that disabled people have the right to lead full and integrated lives, with the freedom of choice and dignity. Seeks to educate disabled people, the public, and policymakers in order to further the civil rights and liberties of the disabled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 12 1992-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
DEF

either power structure based on the technical managers who have graduated from the polytechnics, or power structure based on technocrats of diverse origine.

CONT

As always it's the poor and the working class who suffer the brunt of the patronizing attitude and the limitations on their freedom of choice. The rich will always be free. There was a time when working people listened and deferred to the middle-class teachers and preachers. They have now thrown off those shackles. They won’t allow them to be replaced by the new polytechnocracy, whatever its politics.(Source : The Times(London), 26 Sept. 1987, p. 8).

OBS

blend from poly(technic) + technocracy. Creation facilitated by the common element "Tech".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise

Spanish

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Record 13 1982-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Work Study
OBS

Neither the soft method of government by exhortation nor the tough method of government by issuing specific instructions is adequate. Required is something in between, a middle axiom, an order from above that leaves freedom of choice to those doing the job.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du travail

Spanish

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Record 14 1982-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Existentialist Doctrines
DEF

A movement in psychology based on the philosophical principles of existentialism which emphasizes that each individual must exert his freedom of choice in a chaotic world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines existentialistes

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Motors (Machinery)
OBS

The permissible angular deviation between engine and propeller shaft gives a great freedom in the choice of engine position; in most cases the engine can now be mounted horizontally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Moteurs mécaniques
OBS

L'écart angulaire admissible entre moteur et arbre d'hélice donne une plus grande liberté pour l'emplacement du moteur. Il peut maintenant, dans la plupart des cas, être monté dans un plan parfaitement horizontal.

Spanish

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