Due to a bed shortage in the area, the head nurse on a busy geriatric medicine unit is under significant pressure to minimize client lengths of stay and speed up discharge planning
An older adult client who is convalescing after recent falls is adamant that he is not ready for discharge, and tells the nurse, "It doesn't matter who or how many people are waiting in the emergency department for this bed; I'm simply not healthy enough to go home yet.". Of which philosophy of ethics is the patient's statement most indicative? A) Absolutism
B) Relativism
C) Egoism
D) Beneficence
C
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An emphasis on one's personal interests is characteristic of egoism.
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