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Question 14 Generally, medical providers must obtain informed consent for any treatment. But some special conditions create an exception, so that informed consent is not needed for treatment. Which of the following conditions, on its own and without other special requirements, is sufficient to make such an exception? The patient has previously agreed to other treatments, and generally has done everything their medical providers have told them they needed to do. The treatment is widely accepted as normal, such as receiving a blood transfusion when the patient has lost a lot of blood. The treatment is necessary to save the patient's life, such as treatment for an aggressive form of cancer. The patient is unconscious, unable to communicate, and does not have an advance directive, but requires emergency treatment D Question 15 2 pts In this question you will need to synthesize a few different ideas: Generally, medical providers must obtain informed consent for any treatment, but there are some exceptions. In addition, there are certain conditions for informed consent, and not just any consent counts as informed consent. Also, recall that there are different ways to understand respect for autonomy. Given all of that, which of the following understandings of respect for autonomy best matches the standard understanding of informed consent? Allowing people to do whatever they choose, no matter how they make that choice. Allowing people to Allowing people to do whatever they rationally choose to do, unless it is harmful to them. Not hinder Not hindering people from rationally setting and pursuing their own goals, and possibly helping them to be more able to make autonomous decisions. Actively promoting people's ability to rationally regulate their desires, emotions, and feelings. so they can have appropriate motivations for their actions.

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Question 14) The patient is unconscious ,unable to communicate and does not have an advance direcive,but requires emergency treatment.

Question 15) Actively promoting peoples ability to rationally regulate their desires, emotions and feelings so they can have apporoprite motivations for their actions