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crazycityslicker

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on: Jul 16, 2018
When a respiratory therapist defers a patient's questions about a condition to the attending phy-sician, what ethical principle is being practiced?
 
  a. Autonomy
  b. Beneficence
  c. Role fidelity
  d. Harm principle

Question 2

What type(s) of advanced directives can patients use to help resolve ethical dilemmas involving their life-sustaining care? 1. Durable power of attorney 2. Written interrogatory 3. Living will
 
  a. 2 and 3 only
  b. 1 and 2 only
  c. 1 and 3 only
  d. 1, 2, and 3


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

ANS: C
For example, because of differences in role duty, a respiratory therapist might be ethically obliged not to tell a patient's family how critical the situation is, instead having the attending physician do so.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The two types of advanced directives currently available and relatively widely used are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
:D TYSM

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