Allison struggled with how best to care for a patient admitted for self-mutilation. The physical injury would heal easily enough, but Allison believed that the patient would benefit from therapeutic counseling. After consultation, the physician agreed with Allison but reminded her that the patient must agree to the counseling. What could Allison use to help her best care for the patient?

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A.Incorrect. This theory is focused on caring in complex organizations as a technological, economic, political, and legal tenet.
B.Correct. Biomedical model of ethics answers questions of how professionals should care and what is good in caring.
C.Incorrect. Gaut's analysis would require that Allison seek the good in her patient, through purposeful activity. This is an incorrect response as Allison is seeking a referral for the patient and would not be involved in the counseling.
D.Incorrect. The principle of beneficence is one of the biomedical models of ethics principles but does not encompass the entire model.

Allison Struggled with How Best to Care for a Patient