Ideally, Questionable Requests Not to Participate in a Patient's Care

question 6

Multiple Choice

Ideally, questionable requests not to participate in a patient's care should be considered for review by the ___________.

• A) medical executive committee
• B) nursing director
• C) hospital's ethics committee
• D) organization's chaplain

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Definitions:

Self-Preservation

The protection of oneself from harm or destruction, often considered a basic instinct in humans and animals.

Situational Ethics

is an ethical framework suggesting that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the specific context, rather than on universal moral laws.

Ethical Relativism

The belief that moral principles are not absolute but vary with cultural, societal, or personal circumstances.

Deontology

An ethical theory that suggests actions are morally right because of their intrinsic properties rather than their outcomes.