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Which is NOT a norm suggested by the authors for decision making in regard to allowing a patient to die?
{ 1 } - If the means are extraordinary, they must be used; if the means are ordinary, they may be used but need not be. Minimal means of maintaining the patient's comfort and well-being are always considered extraordinary means.
{ 2 } - A physician may admit that a patient is incurable and cease trying to effect a cure.
{ 3 } - As long as there is a slight hope for curing patients or checking progress of their illness, the physician should use the available remedies at hand, if this is the desire of the patient or proxy. However, the patient or proxy may refuse treatment if it is ineffective or constitutes a serious burden to the patient, the family, or even society. The burden may be psychic, social, or spiritual, as well as physiological.
{ 4 } - If the patient is unable to make the pertinent decisions, family members, in consultation with the physician, should have the right and obligation to determine whether the means in question are ordinary or extraordinary and whether extraordinary means will be used.
{ 5 } - The patient should determine in consultation with the physician whether a particular means is ordinary or extraordinary from an ethical point of view.
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Which is NOT a norm suggested by the authors for decision making in regard to allowing a patient to die?
{ 1 } - If the means are extraordinary, they must be used; if the means are ordinary, they may be used but need not be. Minimal means of maintaining the patient's comfort and well-being are always considered extraordinary means.
{ 2 } - A physician may admit that a patient is incurable and cease trying to effect a cure.
{ 3 } - As long as there is a slight hope for curing patients or checking progress of their illness, the physician should use the available remedies at hand, if this is the desire of the patient or proxy. However, the patient or proxy may refuse treatment if it is ineffective or constitutes a serious burden to the patient, the family, or even society. The burden may be psychic, social, or spiritual, as well as physiological.
{ 4 } - If the patient is unable to make the pertinent decisions, family members, in consultation with the physician, should have the right and obligation to determine whether the means in question are ordinary or extraordinary and whether extraordinary means will be used.
{ 5 } - The patient should determine in consultation with the physician whether a particular means is ordinary or extraordinary from an ethical point of view.
For the correct norm, switch the words ordinary and extraordinary in the above sentences. See p. 432.
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Which is NOT a norm suggested by the authors for decision making in regard to allowing a patient to die?
{ 1 } - If the means are extraordinary, they must be used; if the means are ordinary, they may be used but need not be. Minimal means of maintaining the patient's comfort and well-being are always considered extraordinary means.
{ 2 } - A physician may admit that a patient is incurable and cease trying to effect a cure.
{ 3 } - As long as there is a slight hope for curing patients or checking progress of their illness, the physician should use the available remedies at hand, if this is the desire of the patient or proxy. However, the patient or proxy may refuse treatment if it is ineffective or constitutes a serious burden to the patient, the family, or even society. The burden may be psychic, social, or spiritual, as well as physiological.
{ 4 } - If the patient is unable to make the pertinent decisions, family members, in consultation with the physician, should have the right and obligation to determine whether the means in question are ordinary or extraordinary and whether extraordinary means will be used.
{ 5 } - The patient should determine in consultation with the physician whether a particular means is ordinary or extraordinary from an ethical point of view.
See p. 431.
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Which is NOT a norm suggested by the authors for decision making in regard to allowing a patient to die?
{ 1 } - If the means are extraordinary, they must be used; if the means are ordinary, they may be used but need not be. Minimal means of maintaining the patient's comfort and well-being are always considered extraordinary means.
{ 2 } - A physician may admit that a patient is incurable and cease trying to effect a cure.
{ 3 } - As long as there is a slight hope for curing patients or checking progress of their illness, the physician should use the available remedies at hand, if this is the desire of the patient or proxy. However, the patient or proxy may refuse treatment if it is ineffective or constitutes a serious burden to the patient, the family, or even society. The burden may be psychic, social, or spiritual, as well as physiological.
{ 4 } - If the patient is unable to make the pertinent decisions, family members, in consultation with the physician, should have the right and obligation to determine whether the means in question are ordinary or extraordinary and whether extraordinary means will be used.
{ 5 } - The patient should determine in consultation with the physician whether a particular means is ordinary or extraordinary from an ethical point of view.
See p. 431.
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Which is NOT a norm suggested by the authors for decision making in regard to allowing a patient to die?
{ 1 } - If the means are extraordinary, they must be used; if the means are ordinary, they may be used but need not be. Minimal means of maintaining the patient's comfort and well-being are always considered extraordinary means.
{ 2 } - A physician may admit that a patient is incurable and cease trying to effect a cure.
{ 3 } - As long as there is a slight hope for curing patients or checking progress of their illness, the physician should use the available remedies at hand, if this is the desire of the patient or proxy. However, the patient or proxy may refuse treatment if it is ineffective or constitutes a serious burden to the patient, the family, or even society. The burden may be psychic, social, or spiritual, as well as physiological.
{ 4 } - If the patient is unable to make the pertinent decisions, family members, in consultation with the physician, should have the right and obligation to determine whether the means in question are ordinary or extraordinary and whether extraordinary means will be used.
{ 5 } - The patient should determine in consultation with the physician whether a particular means is ordinary or extraordinary from an ethical point of view.
See p. 432.
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Which is NOT a norm suggested by the authors for decision making in regard to allowing a patient to die?
{ 1 } - If the means are extraordinary, they must be used; if the means are ordinary, they may be used but need not be. Minimal means of maintaining the patient's comfort and well-being are always considered extraordinary means.
{ 2 } - A physician may admit that a patient is incurable and cease trying to effect a cure.
{ 3 } - As long as there is a slight hope for curing patients or checking progress of their illness, the physician should use the available remedies at hand, if this is the desire of the patient or proxy. However, the patient or proxy may refuse treatment if it is ineffective or constitutes a serious burden to the patient, the family, or even society. The burden may be psychic, social, or spiritual, as well as physiological.
{ 4 } - If the patient is unable to make the pertinent decisions, family members, in consultation with the physician, should have the right and obligation to determine whether the means in question are ordinary or extraordinary and whether extraordinary means will be used.
{ 5 } - The patient should determine in consultation with the physician whether a particular means is ordinary or extraordinary from an ethical point of view.
See p. 432.
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