When advocating the rights of patients to receive health care regardless of ability to pay, a nurse is applying which of the following ethical principles?
A) Holistics
B) Justice
C) Fidelity
D) Autonomy
B
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Justice argues that people should be treated equally regardless of their circumstances. Thus, medical treatments available to the rich should also be available to the poor. The other choices are not directly related to the situation.
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