A Surgeon Refused a Patient's Request to Restart a Patient's

A surgeon refused a patient's request to restart a patient's total parenteral nutrition (giving nutrition through the intravenous route) because he believed that a greater good would be achieved by not using medical resources to prolong the life of a terminally ill patient when the resources could be used for other patients.Which ethical theory best explains the surgeon's rationale?

A) Ethics of care
B) Utilitarianism
C) Deontology
D) Categorical imperative

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