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asan beg

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on: Jul 11, 2018
Promoting independence in an older patient with neurologic problems may take many forms. What advice to a patient's family would most help the patient achieve maximum levels of independence?
 
  A) Attend lectures on self-improvement.
  B) Prepare for personality changes in the patient.
  C) Complete tasks for the patient.
  D) Install self-help devices in the home.

Question 2

Artificial organs, genetic screening, ultrasound, and other innovations today save lives that once would have been given no hope. These advances have raised ethical questions related to which of the following issues?
 
  A) For whom and when technology should be used
  B) How procedures should be monitored and outcomes measured
  C) How judgments about patients' health status can be kept objective
  D) The limits of medical practice in diagnosing and treating disease


frejo

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
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Self-help devices can extend the time that older patients can live independently in the community and would likely be of greater utility than the other listed activities.

Answer to Question 2

A
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Although all the choices listed may be of concern, the greatest ethical conflict lies in deciding who can have access to a limited resource.


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