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Dec 3, 2023 · Non-maleficence is a crucial principle in medical ethics that guides healthcare professionals to prioritise patient safety and welfare. It requires a careful balance between potential benefits and risks associated with any medical procedure or treatment and upholding this principle demands that every medical action and decision be thoroughly ...
Non-maleficence is a core principle of medical ethics stating that a physician has a duty to ‘do no harm’ to a patient. It directs a medical professional to consider the benefits of all procedures and weigh them against the potential risks and burdens on the patient. The concept of non-maleficence is derived from the Latin phrase “primum ...
Jun 4, 2020 · The 4 main ethical principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and explained. Informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality spring from the principle of autonomy, and each of them is discussed. In patient care situations, not infrequently, there are conflicts between ethical principles (especially ...
- Basil Varkey
- 10.1159/000509119
- 2020
- Med Princ Pract. 2021 Feb; 30(1): 17-28.
- Medicine Prescription. Profession: Pharmacy. Risk: Harm to Patient. A pharmacist opting not to fill a prescription that could harm a patient acknowledges the principle of nonmaleficence.
- Digital Privacy. Profession: Software Development. Risk: Digital Privacy. In the realm of technology, a software developer who refuses to include invasive features in their software demonstrates respect for nonmaleficence.
- Psychiatric Therapy. Profession: Mental Health Counselling. Risk: Emotional Distress. A mental health counselor not probing into a touchy subject that could trigger emotional distress for their client is a form of nonmaleficence.
- Environmental Impact. Profession: Business. Risk: Environmental Harm. An environmentally-conscious corporation that opts to use renewable energy over cheaper, non-renewable sources acknowledges nonmaleficence.
- Autonomy. Autonomy itself is essentially the right to self-governance. According to this principle we ought to have the freedom to live our lives in accordance with what we deem in our best interests in line with our desires, beliefs and preferences.
- Non-maleficence. This is the principle of doing no harm to patients. Beauchamp and Childress state: “the principle of non- maleficence obligates us to refrain from causing harm to others.”
- Beneficence. Beneficence, or doing good, not only “requires that we treat persons autonomously and refrain from harming them, but also that we contribute to their welfare.”
- Justice: In the case of healthcare we consider distributive justice which is defined as the “fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution of benefits and norms.”
4.1 Introduction. The principle of nonmaleficence states a prohibition on causing harm to others in the absence of justifying circumstances. Among general ethical principles, nonmaleficence has the strongest claim to being self-evident. 1 If an ethical theory claimed that harming others had no tendency to be wrong, we would be justified in ...
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Nov 21, 2023 · This is an example of nonmaleficence, and the humane treatment of prisoners is among the principles enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. ... nonmaleficence in medical ethics means ensuring that ...
