Ethical Principles In Nursing
FUNDAMENTAL BIOETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Bioethics -Bios meaning life- involves the application of general normative ethical theories, principles and rules to medical practice, the allocation of health care resources and research. Medical and pharmaceutical ethics are sub-groupings within the diverse and interdisciplinary endeavour which bioethics has become. Within the ethical literature there are to be found fundamental and derived principles which are particularly important:
AUTONOMY
This is derived from the Greek autos (self) and nomos (rule). It holds that a person has a right to non interference, to make decisions for oneself and to be self determining. Obviously, observance of this principle incurs an obligation not to constrain unnecessarily …show more content…
One can see both a responsibility to patient and society. Not only is this principle concerned with the potential of damage in the patients overall welfare. It would also seem that there are clear responsibilities which the medical and pharmaceutical professionals have towards society. For example, a doctor in a hospital setting is employed by society to provide medical care which is both appropriate and affordable.
A pharmacist might consider substituting a cheaper generic if not contraindicated.
None of us have the time to do everything possible for any one patient and also have to be considerate of the allocation of resources.
JUSTICE
One of the fundamental principles is that which we term "justice". Whilst everybody knows what we mean by this common sense term, do we? In many respects there are several different ways of talking about justice. While we may accept that justice generally refers to defacto standards and expectations held by society, there are differing notions with regard to justice.
First, justice as fairness or even distribution of power and jurisdiction
Second, justice can be said to be comparative in terms of treatment which
Bioethics -Bios meaning life- involves the application of general normative ethical theories, principles and rules to medical practice, the allocation of health care resources and research. Medical and pharmaceutical ethics are sub-groupings within the diverse and interdisciplinary endeavour which bioethics has become. Within the ethical literature there are to be found fundamental and derived principles which are particularly important:
AUTONOMY
This is derived from the Greek autos (self) and nomos (rule). It holds that a person has a right to non interference, to make decisions for oneself and to be self determining. Obviously, observance of this principle incurs an obligation not to constrain unnecessarily …show more content…
One can see both a responsibility to patient and society. Not only is this principle concerned with the potential of damage in the patients overall welfare. It would also seem that there are clear responsibilities which the medical and pharmaceutical professionals have towards society. For example, a doctor in a hospital setting is employed by society to provide medical care which is both appropriate and affordable.
A pharmacist might consider substituting a cheaper generic if not contraindicated.
None of us have the time to do everything possible for any one patient and also have to be considerate of the allocation of resources.
JUSTICE
One of the fundamental principles is that which we term "justice". Whilst everybody knows what we mean by this common sense term, do we? In many respects there are several different ways of talking about justice. While we may accept that justice generally refers to defacto standards and expectations held by society, there are differing notions with regard to justice.
First, justice as fairness or even distribution of power and jurisdiction
Second, justice can be said to be comparative in terms of treatment which