Ethics in Healthcare

A 88-year-old male patient is admitted to the ICU with terminal kidney cancer. He is confused and disoriented, very skinny and appears underfed, and is covered with bruises, which are common in
patients with liver disorders. His daughter, who is a naturopathic physician, insists that she can cure her father by administering unknown substances, some of which smell like feces and look like
tar, down his NG tube. He is clearly in pain after she does this. She insists that these are life-saving interventions on her part, but the nursing and physician staff caring for the patient are
very upset and concerned that she is hastening his death. They have come to you for help.
1) describes how to use the method of ethical decision making, reviewed in the module, to help resolve this ethical dilemma. Address the following to generate your conclusions about how you would
proceed:

Apply the four core ethical principles and the process of ethical decision making.