In the context of relationships between health care providers and patients, this is simply "doing no harm". The golden rules of medicine are "first do no harm, then do good wherever possible". Non-maleficence changes depending on the situation. Consider a patient with terminal cancer... while it would be beneficial to prescribe analgesia to ease their pain, non-malefience might suggest we should not prescribe too much pain killer in order to avoid overdose or interaction with other drugs. It's a pretty weak example but the four pillars of ethics (these two and "autonomy" and "justice") must be closely examined in clinical decision making, assuming you're asking about a medical context.
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∙ 10y agoIn layman's terms, nonmalficence means "first, do no harm". It is often used as a medical term, so people like doctors and nurses do not hurt patients intentionally.
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∙ 10y agoto do no harm or avoiding harm
There is no such a principle as non- beneficence. There are two main ethical principles of beneficence (do good) and non- maleficence (do no harm or in Latin, Primum non nocere)
There is no such a principle as non- beneficence. There are two main ethical principles of beneficence (do good) and non- maleficence (do no harm or in Latin, Primum non nocere)
to do no harm or avoiding harm
I strive to provide a standard of care that is non-maleficence.
Principles for the grater good.
there are no objective ethical facts and no true ethical principles
All health care professionals are held to a high standard of ethical principles.
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what are the ethical principles
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absolute and universal
The branch of ethical theory that considers the origin and meaning of ethical principles is known as meta ethics.