What Is the Term for a Situation Where a Competent

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is the term for a situation where a competent patient is refusing food or fluid when there is a prediction of death, yet the family requests tube feeding?  

• A)medical futility  
• B)advance directives  
• C)technological dilemma  
• D)palliative care

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Definitions:

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