An Alert, Oriented, Competent 87-Year-Old Patient Requests a Do Not

An alert, oriented, competent 87-year-old patient requests a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation/Allow Natural Death (AND) prescription. The patient's family members oppose the patient's decision and ask the hospital's ethics committee to intervene on their behalf. Which framework is the ethics committee most likely as a guide for their decision making process?

A) Social justice
B) Patient benefit
C) Autonomy
D) Consequentialist

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