A Nurse Is Giving a Lecture About Public Policy and Policy

A nurse is giving a lecture about public policy and policy changes. A student wants to know about the rights of individuals when setting public health policy. How should the nurse respond?

A) The rights of individuals always outweigh the collective good.
B) The collective good always outweighs the rights of individuals.
C) Public health policy is based on governmental interests and not the collective good or individual rights.
D) Public health policy is based on the assumption that society has the right to collectively assure conditions for healthy people while taking into account the rights of individuals.