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A 6 page paper that discusses medical ethics in general and beneficence or doing good in particular. The thesis is that health care professionals should be concerned exclusively with doing as much good as possible. Five ethical principles are identified and explained. The fact that one is often at odds with another is also discussed, such as beneficence and nonmaleficence or autonomy and beneficence. The writer concludes that doing as much good as is possible is not an easy principle to live by. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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medical technology turned health care into a consumable product like a commodity and marked the beginning of changes in the traditional relationship between health professionals and patients" (1997). Most
people have heard the maxim "above all, do no harm," which has been attributed to Hippocrates (Trotochaud, 2002). This maxim is the foundation of medical ethics and practice. In todays
society, the term used is nonmaleficence, which has been defined as "the principle that we ought not to inflict evil or harm on others" (Trotochaud, 2002). I personally think there
is a substantive difference between the two. Above all, do no harm is significantly different than ought not to inflict. The second one that defines nonmaleficence does not seem to
be as strong as the first. The issue of nonmaleficence is found in todays bioethics (Trotochaud, 2002). Bioethics is defined as the "process of looking at problems arising in the
biological sciences, both applied (medical ethics) and basic, from the standpoint of principles derived from values" (Lyckholm, 2002). Dr. Kaldjian had this to say on the topic of medical
ethics and doing good: "To do good medicine, one must also do good ethics, and to do good ethics, one must also do very good medicine. The two simply cant
be removed from each other" (Rolph, 2003). This is an interesting premise because according to Kaldjians philosophy, one will not happen without the other, so, a health care professional could
not do good without being ethical. Kaldjian went on to say that it is essential for the health care professional to always do what is right and good for their
patients, particularly when no one else in the world will do the right and good thing for them (Rolph, 2003). With advances in medicine, todays ethics become complex.
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