A decision has been made for an older client to receive aggressive cancer therapy despite knowing that the therapy will actually be more harmful than the disease and subject the client to harmful chemicals.With which ethical principle is this nurse caring for this client struggling?

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The nurse is struggling with the ethical principle of nonmaleficence, which states that healthcare providers should not cause harm to their patients. In this case, the nurse knows that the therapy will be more harmful than the disease and will subject the client to harmful chemicals, leading to a conflict with this principle.

A Decision Has Been Made for an Older Client to Receive