You are working in the Labor and Delivery Department. One of your patients is ready to deliver and is being rushed to the delivery room. The patient's regular physician is not available so another doctor will be doing the delivery
You ask the doctor if the patient's husband can come into the delivery room. The doctor immediately asks whether the patient is a private patient or on public assistance. Stunned by the question, you respond that the patient is on public assistance. The doctor then tells you that the husband cannot go into the delivery room. Which ethical principle has been violated a. Justice c. Beneficence
b. Fidelity d. Nonmaleficence
A
Justice is the principle of fairness that is served when an individual is given that which he is due,
owed, deserves, or can legitimately claim. All patients must be treated fairly, regardless of economic or
social background. The patient and her husband are being treated unfairly because they are recipients
of public assistance.
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