The hospital is forming an ethics committee. Which concept should be central to that committee's function?
1. Most of the committee's work should involve short-term ethical issues.
2. The overriding concern of the committee should be protection of the hospital.
3. Members should be limited to medical staff.
4. The committee should act to provide guidelines for potential problems.
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Rationale: Ethical dilemmas can be both short-term and long-term. There is no restriction on ethics committees to focus primarily on short-term issues.
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