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dmcintosh

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on: Jul 16, 2018
A clinician who justifies not billing a poor patient for services rendered because that's what a professional should do is applying what ethical viewpoint?
 
  a. Relativism
  b. Formalism
  c. Consequentialism
  d. Virtue ethics

Question 2

The debate over prolongation of life versus relief of suffering in elderly patients mainly involves differing opinions regarding what ethical principle?
 
  a. Autonomy
  b. Beneficence
  c. Role fidelity
  d. Justice


blfontai

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
When the professional is faced with an ethical dilemma, he or she needs to only envision what the good practitioner would do in a similar circumstance.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
This presents real dilemmas for those who are confronted with the ability to prolong life but not the ability to restore any uniquely human qualities.


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