Your Paramedic Partner Is Telling You About a Situation in Which

Multiple Choice

Your paramedic partner is telling you about a situation in which he resuscitated a patient with a DNR, even though the DNR was present and available to him at the time he began resuscitation. He tells you he is justified because the patient survived for a year after the incident and suffered no ill effects from the cardiac arrest or the resuscitation efforts. Which of the following best describes the ethical approach used by your partner?

A) Deontologicalism
B) Consequentialism
C) Ethical relativism
D) Self-determination