The Health Care Team Is Addressing an Ethical Issue Regarding

question 10

Multiple Choice

The health care team is addressing an ethical issue regarding one client's continuing care. The nurse wants to ensure that the principle of justice is taken into consideration. Which of the following ethical decision-making modules would support this principle?

• A) Medical indications
• B) Patient preferences
• C) Quality of life
• D) Contextual features

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Definitions:

Ideology

A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

Dominant Ideology

The prevailing cultural beliefs, values, and norms that tend to support and maintain the current power structure and societal hierarchy.

Marx

Karl Marx, a 19th-century philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist whose works on the critique of political economy and class struggle have profoundly influenced socialist thought.

Anomie

Durkheim’s term for a state of normlessness that results from a lack of clear goals and may ultimately result in higher suicide rates.