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    Patients have a right to access experimental surgical innovations, even if risky. This right can be limited only when justified by proportionality, balancing reasons against liberty invasion.

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    • Medical Ethics
    • Surgical Innovation
    • Patient Rights

    Background:

    • Demands for experimental therapies are often framed as rights.
    • Surgical innovations present unique ethical challenges due to their non-validated and potentially risky nature.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine the justifiability of demanding access to innovative surgery.
    • To establish a right to access innovative surgical procedures.
    • To identify justifiable limitations on this right.

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    • Argumentation based on analogies with established medical rights (e.g., right to refuse treatment, reproductive rights).
    • Application of the human rights standard of proportionality.
    • Analysis of the balance between the importance of limiting reasons and the severity of liberty invasion.
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    Main Results:

    • A right to access innovative surgery is argued to exist.
    • This right is grounded in the principles of preserving life and health and personal autonomy.
    • Limitations on this right are justifiable under specific, proportionality-based circumstances.

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    • Individuals possess a right to pursue innovative surgical treatments.
    • This right is not absolute and must be balanced against societal and ethical considerations.
    • The principle of proportionality is crucial for determining justifiable restrictions on access to innovative surgery.