The nurse has set up a group discussion for several families with chronically ill children. The nurse informs these parents that they might face which of the following ethical issues?
1. Normalization
2. Withholding and refusal of treatment
3. Repeated hospital admissions
4. Lack of proper dietary needs
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Rationale:
1. Normalization is a family process of adaptation as the family copes with daily life with their child.
2. Withholding and refusal of treatment is an ethical issue involving the life and quality of life of the child.
3. Lack of dietary needs is not an ethical issue.
4. Repeated hospital admissions are not an ethical issure.
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