The hospital ethics committee has decided to move to the relational ethics framework for decision making. What change should the committee members expect from this framework shift?
1. The number of options for discussion will be reduced.
2. Use of other ethical theories and guidelines will be eliminated.
3. Decisions made will be more practical and action-oriented.
4. The impact of the environment on the decision will be reduced.
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Rationale: Relational ethics moves decisions into the context of the environment in which these decisions are made, creating more "practical action-oriented" ethics. Relational ethics is not meant to eliminate other ethical theories and guidelines or to reduce the amount of options discussed.
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