A 24-Year-Old Man with Severe Cognitive Impairment, and No Relatives

question 19

Multiple Choice

A 24-year-old man with severe cognitive impairment, and no relatives participating in his care, needs to make a decision about removal of a brain tumor that will render him totally dependent for completion of all activities of daily living.The nurse participates in ethical decision-making on his behalf, knowing that the care recipient is unable to benefit from which of the following ethical concepts?

• A)Autonomy
• B)Justice
• C)Beneficence
• D)Advocacy

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Definitions:

Resources

Assets, materials, and inputs needed to produce goods and services.

Overallocated

A situation where resources are disproportionately distributed or excessively committed to a particular project or area, potentially leading to inefficiencies.

Production

Production is the process of creating goods or services through the combination of labor, materials, and technology to meet consumer demand.

Marginal Social Cost

The cost to society of producing one additional unit of a good, including both the cost to the producer and any costs to others from that production.