ETHICAL

PRINCIPLES
Virtu
es

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The end justify the
means
Father knows best
Do not do nothing in
the day time that will
keep you awake in the
night time
Wrong is not be 2
Benifecence
The other part of hippocratic
dictum is the benefit only
The bene comes from latin
term well or
good.
Morally obligated to take a
positive and
direct steps to help others
The greatest good for the 3
 Dutie
s defend the
Protect and
right of others.
Prevent harm from
occurring to others
Remove condition that will
cause harm
Help person with disability
Rescue persons in danger 4
Nonmaleficence
To do no harm
Harm is what prevents good
or leads to less good
Harm opposes or traditional
nature
Harm is that which opposed to
his or her
self interest
In clinical setting, harm is 5
CASE
A patient with a long smoking
history is hospitalized with
advance COPD and lung cancer
metastatic to the bone. The
patients wife request that the
doctor increase the rate of
morphine infusion to a point
adequate to control the
patients pain, irrespective of
any effect it might have on his 6
Theory of double effect
We justify harm because
there is
greater good
Accepting the pain as a
part of the cost
Harm is not only physical
but occurs in other ways
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Harm as negligence
The person has not
exercised the due diligence
expected of someone in his
role
Malpractice
To ensure that due diligence
is followed
Harm as opposed to
autonomy 8
Justic
e
Injustice is unfairness in
treatment
T o treat similar cases
Major
alike
categories
Procedural
Distributiv
e
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Procedural
Due process
Being equal before the
law
Distributive
Equal division of burdens
and benefits
Discriminate based on
needs 10