The nurse on the transplant organ team encounters new ethical dilemmas with the advent of social and technological changes.Which dilemmas might the transplant team encounter today? Select all that apply.

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A) Advances in the ability to decode and control the growth of tissues through gene manipulation present new potential ethical dilemmas related to cloning organisms and altering the course of hereditary diseases and biological characteristics. Today, with treatments that can prolong and enhance biologic life, these questions arise: Should we do what we know we can? Who should be treated-everyone, only those who can pay, only those who have a chance to improve? Who decides who receives treatment?
B) Advances in the ability to decode and control the growth of tissues through gene manipulation present new potential ethical dilemmas related to cloning organisms and altering the course of hereditary diseases and biological characteristics. Today, with treatments that can prolong and enhance biologic life, these questions arise: Should we do what we know we can? Who should be treated-everyone, only those who can pay, only those who have a chance to improve? Who decides who receives treatment?
C) Advances in the ability to decode and control the growth of tissues through gene manipulation present new potential ethical dilemmas related to cloning organisms and altering the course of hereditary diseases and biological characteristics. Today, with treatments that can prolong and enhance biologic life, these questions arise: Should we do what we know we can? Who should be treated-everyone, only those who can pay, only those who have a chance to improve? Who decides who receives treatment?
D) Advances in the ability to decode and control the growth of tissues through gene manipulation present new potential ethical dilemmas related to cloning organisms and altering the course of hereditary diseases and biological characteristics. Today, with treatments that can prolong and enhance biologic life, these questions arise: Should we do what we know we can? Who should be treated-everyone, only those who can pay, only those who have a chance to improve? Who decides who receives treatment?
E) Advances in the ability to decode and control the growth of tissues through gene manipulation present new potential ethical dilemmas related to cloning organisms and altering the course of hereditary diseases and biological characteristics. Today, with treatments that can prolong and enhance biologic life, these questions arise: Should we do what we know we can? Who should be treated-everyone, only those who can pay, only those who have a chance to improve? Who decides who receives treatment?

The Nurse on the Transplant Organ Team Encounters New Ethical