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When disease impacts nutritional status, the role of health care professionals is to ignore the individual's need for nutrients.
False
Nutrition therapy may include diets, but does not require an indication and a therapeutic goal.
False
Nutritional care as an ethical subject is not able to present itself as a legitimate form of care in medical practice.
False
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a non-serious illness.
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The Ethics of Care theory can help to understand and analyze the ethical foundations of the practice of clinical nutrition.
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Persistent vegetative state does not raise ethical questions or challenges related to nutritional care.
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The administration of enteral and parenteral nutrition is not considered a medical intervention requiring an indication and a therapeutic goal.
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Dementia is not listed as one of the challenging and extreme situations that question the limits and ethical values at stake in nutritional care.
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The role of health care professionals in nutritional care is solely to assist with oral intake of food and liquids.
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Age is not a factor that may lead to challenging and extreme situations questioning the limits and ethical values at stake in nutritional care.
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The Ethics of Care theory emphasizes the notion of vulnerability rather than autonomy.
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Traditional moral theories, such as utilitarianism and deontology, prioritize autonomy over vulnerability.
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According to Tronto, the Ethics of Care is defined as a practice and a disposition consisting of five phases of caring.
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The Ethics of Care is not concerned with the evaluation of how well caring needs are met.
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According to the text, malnourished patients do not face double vulnerability characterized by physical impairment and lack of diagnosis.
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According to the text, competence is not considered an ethical value in nutritional care. (True/False)
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Nutritional therapy, as a medical therapy, is only capable of curing or preventing malnutrition. (True/False)
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The Ethics of Care theory does not highlight the emotional, social, and psychological dimensions when taking care of someone. (True/False)
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The administration of enteral and parenteral nutrition is not considered a medical intervention requiring an indication and a therapeutic goal. (True/False)
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The decision not to feed may be ethically justified, especially at the end of life. (True/False)
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