A Physician Refuses to Order Pain Medication for a Drug

question 17

Multiple Choice

A physician refuses to order pain medication for a drug addict who has been severely injured in a car accident.When reminded by nurses that pain medication has not been ordered,the physician merely replies that the patient's suffering from the pain of his injuries will build character and that the addicted patient needs to get off drugs.Which of the following ethical theories is the physician using (or misusing) ?

• A) Consequentialism
• B) Communitarianism
• C) Deontological ethics
• D) Virtue ethics

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Definitions:

Cultural Adaptation

The adjustment process individuals undergo to integrate with or accommodate themselves to different cultural practices and settings.

Business Practices

Customary methods or procedures in the conduct of business activities.

Socialize

The process by which individuals learn the norms, values, and practices of a social group to integrate and function within it.

Hofstede's Dimensions

A framework for cross-cultural communication developed by Geert Hofstede, that describes the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior.