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    (autonomy and self-determination) 2. Beneficence (doing good) 3. Nonmaleficence (avoiding harm)

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    responsibilities towards the patient that she did not performed to preserved her job. b) Sally should consider the ethical and legal principles of autonomy and beneficence as she decides whether to revise her notes as requested. The principle of autonomy implies Sally has the right to decide what is best for her own interest. The principle of beneficence implies Sally is under the obligation of doing good‚ demonstrating kindness‚ showing compassion and helping others. When it comes to making a very delicate

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    counselors to keep their personal feelings and beliefs aside and relay all relevant information about abortion to their client. Abortion issues can be discussed within the framework of five ethical principles of autonomy‚ fidelity‚ justice‚ beneficence‚ and nonmaleficence. Various ethical decision-making models and self-examinations within the context of both personal

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    ethical issues in this case involve APA General Principle A: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence‚ B: Fidelity and Responsibility‚ and E: Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity. Also involved are APA ethical standards codes‚ 3.9 Cooperation With Other Professionals‚ 4.1 Maintaining Confidentiality‚ and 10.4 Providing Therapy to Those Served by Others. Dr. Cummings should in response adhere to APA General Principle A: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence as well as General Principle B: Fidelity and Responsibility

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    homeless patient. The uninsured homeless patient may need medication to relieve a symptom from an STD disease in order to mitigate an undesirable symptom. The Nurse may cause discomfort. While providing care to the homeless patient‚ Nonmaleficence must be balanced by beneficence. The Nurses intent is to provide a treatment to the homeless patient which benefits the patient must outweigh the discomfort caused. The Nurses intent must be to help the homeless patient‚ not

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    to explore the topic of the institutionalized mental health patient and whether he or she are still treated the same way ethically as those individuals who have not been deemed mentally ill. The ethics chosen to be studied are autonomy‚ beneficenceNonmaleficence and justice. This topic will exemplify the understanding of the medical issue as it is reflected within literature using research to support and illustrate this concept. In the course of studying the issues facing the mentally ill person

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    prisoners to donate their organs. This option could be available to not only prisoners on death row‚ but those serving short sentences and wishing to give back to the community. Although this option is supported by utilitarianism and the principles of beneficence and autonomy‚ it is currently not uniformly allowed in the United States. Because of this ten people a day die waiting for an organ transplant while useable organs are wasted (Munson‚ 2012). Therefore‚ prisoners need to be allowed to participate

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    id=48841&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Lexicon Publications‚ Inc‚. (1992). The New Lesicon Webster’s Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language. (Deluxe ed.). Danbury‚ CT: Lexicon Publications‚ Inc. The Principle of Beneficence in Applied Ethics. (2008). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/principle-beneficence/ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (n.d.). Federal Definition of Homeless. Retrieved from http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/topics/homelessness/definition

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    health care setting exist when a competent adult patient is refusing treatment that the health care team believed will save the patient’s life. The basic ethical principles of patient’s autonomy‚ beneficencenonmaleficence‚ and justice supersede the ethical principles of beneficence‚ and nonmaleficence of the health care team. Under the common law‚ every individual has the

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    (n.d.) Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine‚ Nursing‚ and Allied Health‚ Seventh Edition. (2003). Retrieved February 17 2015 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/beneficence Code of Ethics for Nurses. (2015). Retrieved January 28‚ 2015‚ from http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics-For-Nurses.html Margaret Sanger. (2015‚ February 2). In Wikipedia‚ The Free

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