The patient's husband is terrified by the prospect of removing life-sustaining treatments from the patient.He asks why anyone would do that.The nurse explains,
A) "It is to save you money so you won't have such a large financial burden."
B) "It will preserve limited resources for the hospital so other patients may benefit from them."
C) "It is to discontinue treatments that are not helping your wife and may be very uncomfortable for her."
D) "We have done all we can for your wife and any more treatment would be futile."
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