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  2. Dec 3, 2023 · Within medical ethics, non-maleficence is one of the four main guiding principles, alongside beneficence, autonomy, and justice. Balancing these principles is critical to ensuring ethical decisions are made within healthcare settings.

    • 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.”
  3. What Is Non-Maleficence? 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.

  4. 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 rejecting the theory ...

    • David DeGrazia, Joseph Millum
    • 2021
  5. Jul 29, 2024 · Non-maleficence is a core ethical principle that asserts the obligation to avoid causing harm to others. Rooted in the Hippocratic Oath and various ethical traditions, it emphasizes the responsibility to prevent and minimize harm in all actions.

  6. Abstract. The principle of nonmaleficence requires that every medical action be weighed against all benefits, risks, and consequences, occasionally deeming no treatment to be the best treatment. In medical education, it also applies to performing tasks appropriate to an individual's level of competence and training.

  7. 3 days ago · The ethical principle of doing no harm, expressed in the ancient medical maxim primum non nocere (first do no harm). Its approximate counterpart in population health is the precautionary principle.

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