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Britannica online encyclopedia article on beneficence (ethics), ...first principle, autonomy, entails that health care professionals should respect the autonomous decisions of competent adults. The second principle, beneficence, holds that they should aim to do good—i.e., to promote the interests of their patients.
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Medical ethics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Medical ethics is primarily a field of applied ethics, the study of moral values and judgments as they apply to medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical applicati...
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The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics provides information related to biotechnology and health care ethics including end of life materials, resources on culturally competent medical care, articles on organ donation, cloning, and stem cells, and medical ethics cases. ... Articles, cases, and links on medical ethics,
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Beneficence: a commitment to promoting the client's well-being ... The principle of beneficence means acting in the best interests of the client based on professional assessment. It directs attention to working strictly within one's limits of competence and providing services on the basis of adequate training or experience.
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Ethical Foundations for Human Subjects Research -- Beneficence ... The ethical principle of "beneficence" requires that researchers stand back away from their work and describe their work as dispassionately as humanly possible. Then, their work is subjected to the review of others who are less likely to have become inured...
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The principle of beneficence is a moral obligation to act to benefit others, that is, to act in the interest of others. This principle can be placed on a continuum with nonmaleficence. Prevention of harm should be placed between the two.
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The ethical principle of "beneficence" requires that researchers stand back from their work and describe their work as accurately as humanly possible. Then, their work is subjected to the review of others who are less likely to have become used to the stresses and risks of certain lines of research.
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