Which statement best describes the position of the American Medical Association on patient self-determination?Ask StudybuddyGroup of answer choicesThe burden of decision-making should be lifted from the backs of the sick and injured by the compassionate physician who alone has the expertise to make the right decisions in the best interests of the patient.Patients have the right to make their own decisions with guidance from physicians.Medical decision-making is rightfully mediated by the decisions of the third party payer (usually the insurance company.Patients should be allowed to make their own decisions as long as the medical community agrees with the choice. To do otherwise would be to allow patients to make foolish and dangerous choices.

Which statement best describes the position of the American Nurse’s Association on patient self-determination?Ask StudybuddyGroup of answer choicesNurses are the historic handmaidens of physicians and as such are supportive of the paternalistic decision-making of the physician.Nurses are the advocates for the client and as such they should make the decisions for patients.  This position recognizes both the compromised vulnerability of the sick patient and the fact that the physician has a financial conflict of interest.Patients have the right to make their own decisions.Nurses are neutral on this issue.  They will abide with whatever the appropriate authority tells them to do whether it is hospital policy, the court, the doctor, or the patient’s family.

Which statement best describes the position of the National Association of Social Workers on patient self-determination?Ask StudybuddyGroup of answer choicesSocial workers are supportive of the paternalistic decision-making of the physician.Since social workers are advocates for the client they should make the decisions for patients in any case where they are involved.  This position recognizes both the compromised vulnerability of the sick patient and the fact that the physician has a financial conflict of interest.Patients have the right to make their own decisions.Social workers are neutral on this issue.  They will abide with whatever the appropriate authority tells them to do whether it is hospital policy, the court, the doctor, or the patient’s family.

Healthcare professionals should respect patients' autonomy, even if they disagree with the patient's choices.Question 1Answera.Trueb.False

Fill in the blank: Healthcare professionals have their own ___ that influence their clinical decision-making process.Question 4Answera.behaviorsb.consequencesc.optionsd.beliefs

. When patients cannot make decisions for themselves, which ethical principles will the nurse use her basis on?*1 pointA. justice and beneficenceB. beneficence and nonmaleficenceC. fidelity and nonmaleficenceD. fidelity and justice