An illegal immigrant with no health insurance sustained life-threatening injuries following an automobile accident. Which action demonstrates the ethical principle of justice?
a. avoiding treating the client so as to not do any additional harm
b. filing the paperwork for the client to receive retroactive health insurance
c. airlifting the client to a local trauma center for emergency surgery
d. telling the client honest information about the client's medical condition and prognosis
Ans: c. airlifting the client to a local trauma center for emergency surgery
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