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Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

Edition 5ISBN: 978-0073402062
book Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison cover

Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

Edition 5ISBN: 978-0073402062
Exercise 40
As a health care practitioner you are committed to acting in the patient's best interest, and you believe that the wishes of patients in end-of-life situations should be followed. Furthermore, professional codes of ethics generally state that the social commitment of health care practitioners is to sustain life and relieve suffering, and that when the performance of one duty conflicts with the other, the preferences of the patient should prevail.
The patient in the above car accident scenario is an elderly Jehovah's Witness and has no family. What will you do?
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