In which of the following cases is the ethical conflict between cost containment and quality care most obvious?
A) The termination of an incompetent aide who is the sole support of his family
B) The conversion of a community playground into a senior citizen center
C) An insurance company that denies reimbursement for dialysis of patients older than age 70
D) The decision to remove the feeding tube from a comatose patient
C
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Although all choices involve ethical dilemmas, the most direct opposition between cost containment and quality care arises in the denial of expensive treatments to elderly patients.
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