Justice, the Constitution and statute law: Scenario
- A very ill asylum seeker from a neighbouring country requires urgent medical attention and presents at a clinic.
The nurse on duty asks him for his identification document. The patient says that he is an asylum-seeker and is still awaiting documentation from the immigration department. The nurse says that the clinic cannot help him because he is not lawfully in the country. - Did the nurse act ethically and legally? Why or why?