Which of the Following Statements Is True About Roles

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about roles?

• A) They are always rigid.
• B) They are always flexible.
• C) They are always unique.
• D) They are based on choices.
• E) They are based on mutual obligations.

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Definitions:

Autonomy

The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision about one's own life and actions.

Life Support

Medical interventions or equipment used to keep a person alive who would otherwise fail to maintain autonomous bodily functions, including devices that assist respiration and circulation.

Utilitarianism

A specific, consequence-based, ethical theory that judges as right the action that does the most good and least amount of harm for the greatest number of persons.

Values Clarification

A process by which individuals define their own values.