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A group of hospital administrators in Florida were discussing the amount of resources used to care for patients that were illegal immigrants and had no medical insurance.One man discussed how his hospital had spent over $2 million on one illegal immigrant who had no family or friends and who was not getting better.Another administrator stated that his hospital was losing $20 million annually in order to provide care for the influx of illegal immigrants into the state.After a great deal of discussion,it was determined that there was probably nothing anyone of them could do about the situation,and that each of them had very definite ideas about how to deal with the problems.
-Refer to Florida Hospitals.One older administrator talked about an early job in Africa where the hospital had been flooded with refugees.He said,"The hospital was short resources for awhile,but the government stepped up and helped.We were able to get up-to-date equipment because officials saw we had a need.I believe the rest of you administrators need to be more patient." In suggesting patience,this administrator was basing his thinking on the _____ ethical theory.


A) act utilitarianism
B) casuist
C) role utilitarianism
D) moral relativity
E) deontological

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