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work to answer questions and perform nonemer- vagrancy, but he has never been violent with
gent tasks for him. Agnes’s other patients com- himself or others. He states he enjoys his “vaca-
plain of neglect. What should Agnes do, and how tions” because his medicine makes his life seem
can she justify her actions? boring, dull, and difficult. Burt’s family calls the
6. Burt, 34 years of age, has a diagnosis of manic director of the group home and insists that Burt
depression. He lives in a group home with several be required to take his medicine each morning
others like himself. Several times a year, Burt under supervision. What should the director say,
stops taking his medication and disappears for and how could he justify various courses of
weeks at a time. Occasionally Burt is arrested for action?

POINTS FOR FURTHER STUDY

n Husted, G. L., & Husted, J. H. (2008). Ethical deci- n Husted & Husted’s Theory website at: http://www.
sion making in nursing and healthcare: The sympho- nursing.duq.edu/faculty/husted/details.html
nological approach (4th ed.). New York: Springer.

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