The hospital has a well-designed, fully functioning ethics committee. What ethical debate topics, concerning the entire social network rather than an individual patient, might now be addressed by this committee?
1. Autonomy
2. Informed consent
3. Duplication of services
4. Do-not-resuscitate orders
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Rationale: Duplication of services is a topic that concerns the entire social network of provision of health care and is a much broader topic than the individual concerns of autonomy, informed consent, and do-not-resuscitate orders. This is a logical growth of a fully functioning, mature ethics committee.
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