bodily integrity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbodilyandintegrity
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bodily
adjective
uk/ˈbɒd.əl.i/us/ˈbɑː.dəl.i/
relating to the ...
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integrity
noun[U]
uk/ɪnˈteɡ.rə.ti/us/ɪnˈteɡ.rə.t̬i/
approving
the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse ...
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(Definition ofbodilyandintegrityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbodily integrity
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In fact, religious emphasis on the significance ofbodilyintegritymay make incorporation technologies religiously preferable.
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But securing autonomy and the protection ofbodilyintegrityneed not rely on any such conceptual recourse.
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As many participants noted, a living person still needs his or her organs and depends on them for fullbodilyintegrityand functionality.
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The right tobodilyintegritywas found to be superior to the doctor's duty to operate in a life-threatening situation.
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In the present context, those positive obligations to give help are overridden by potential suppliers' interests inbodilyintegrityand autonomy.
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They soughtbodilyintegritywithout denying their race.%!
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Withoutbodilyintegrity, participation in other aspects of public life becomes problematic.
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Derived from classical liberalism, with its emphasis on self-mastery or control,bodilyintegrityfocuses on the individual and her or his autonomy.
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Similarly, "bodilyintegrity" and "health" are individual assets.
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But absent adequate resources, health professionals' capacities to protect their ownbodilyintegrityin a crisis is severely impaired.
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This means respect for their humanhood andbodilyintegrityas well as respect for their mind and expressed values.
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Most of these rights are "negative" or "defensive" in character, protecting persons with mental disabilities from governmental interference with autonomy,bodilyintegrity, privacy, and liberty.
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This clear rule would help bypass concerns about coercion, motivation, violations ofbodilyintegrity, intrusions upon autonomy, and other indicia of possible impropriety.
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As full legal persons, pregnant women are entitled to rights of privacy andbodilyintegrity, such as the right to refuse medical treatment.
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This would represent a dramatic limitation on women's autonomy andbodilyintegritysufficiently severe to constitute a loss of full legal personhood.
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Recovery was impossible for the patient whosebodilyintegritywas compromised.
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In cordoning off the spaces of daily life and restricting the contours of association, segregation transformed the call forbodilyintegrityinto a radical demand.
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