The nurse who respects the patient's right to refuse treatment is following the bioethical principle of:
a. Justice.
b. Beneficence.
c. Autonomy.
d. Fidelity.
C
Autonomy refers to the patient's right to refuse treatment and to make one's own decisions re-garding health care. Justice, beneficence, and fidelity refer to fairness, doing no harm, and truth-telling, respectively.
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