A patient’s family requests that a feeding tube be inserted. The patient has an advance directive indicating that a feeding tube is not to be inserted. As the nurse and physician consider what is best...

A patient’s family requests that a feeding tube be inserted. The patient has an advance directive indicating that a feeding tube is not to be inserted. As the nurse and physician consider what is best for the patient in this ethical dilemma, which of the following principles is represented?

a. Autonomy

b. Beneficence

 c. Nonmaleficence

d. Justice