When a respiratory therapist defers a patient's questions about a condition to the attending phy-sician, what ethical principle is being practiced?
a. Autonomy
b. Beneficence
c. Role fidelity
d. Harm principle
ANS: C
For example, because of differences in role duty, a respiratory therapist might be ethically obliged not to tell a patient's family how critical the situation is, instead having the attending physician do so.
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