which of the following is a situation that wo...
which of the following is a situation that would likely be brought to an institutional ethics committee?\n a. a physician is concerned that a physician colleague is abusing drugs.\n b. a nurse is treating a patient when the patients family member enters the room. the patient and the family member begin having a heated argument.\n c. a provider suggests a patient take medications for her high blood pressure. the patient refuses to take the medications.\n d. a woman brings in her severely ill, 98 - year - old father to the emergency room. the woman is told that her father is in organ failure and is not likely to survive. the woman insists the staff do everything possible to keep her father alive.
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# Brief Explanations:
An institutional ethics committee deals with complex ethical - medical situations. Option a is more of a professional conduct issue for disciplinary action. Option b is a family - patient interaction issue. Option c is a patient - provider communication about treatment refusal. Option d involves end - of - life decisions and the conflict between a family member's wishes and the likely medical outcome, which is a common ethical dilemma for an institutional ethics committee.
# Answer:
d. A woman brings in her severely ill, 98 - year - old father to the emergency room. The woman is told that her father is in organ failure and is not likely to survive. The woman insists the staff do everything possible to keep her father alive.