A patient tells the nurse that he "doesn't care" who his doctor is, as long as the doctor is competent and will prescribe the best treatment for his problem. The nurse realizes this patient is describing:

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Values are interwoven with ethics. Values are personal beliefs about the truth and worth of thoughts, objects, or behavior. The patient does not care who the doctor is, but wants the doctor to be competent. The patient values competence. Ethics is concerned with motives and attitudes and the relationship of these attitudes to the individual. The patient is not describing ethics. Law is defined as the sum total of rules and regulations by which a society is governed. The patient is not describing a law or what the patient believes the legal system to be.

A Patient Tells the Nurse That He "Doesn't Care" Who