Essays about: "Principle of Beneficence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Principle of Beneficence.
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1. The Relationship between Paternalism and Autonomy in Medicine from an Ethical and Legal Viewpoint
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperAbstract : Introduction: The terms autonomy and paternalism can be conceptualized and analyzed from different perspectives. The most relevant for physicians in this study are the ethical and legal viewpoints. In order to conceptualize anything a definition to depart from is needed, in this case from Oxford’s dictionaries. READ MORE
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2. Arguments for and against palliative sedation : - an ethical reflection
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperAbstract : Introduction: Palliative sedation is the use of sedatives to lower the alertness for symptomcontrol, when suffering is otherwise uncontrollable. Its role in palliative care is frequentlyargued, with both proponents and opponents. READ MORE
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3. Physician Assisted Suicide - Ethically Defendable or Not? : A Qualitative Ethical Analysis
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperAbstract : Introduction: Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is the process where the patient terminateshis/her life with the aid of a physician who provides a prescription for lethal medication thatthe patient self-administers in order to commit suicide. PAS is practiced in several countriesand is now gaining support in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. PRIMUM NON NOCERE : Medicine's Culture of Dealing with and Denial of the Occurrence of Medical Harm
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etikAbstract : The hippocratic principle "primum non nocere" (above all do no harm) has always been and still is the strong foundation of medical conduct. For a long time healthcare professionals created the image of infallibility of medicine. Even within the "closed" hierarchies mistakes and malpractice were never openly discussed. READ MORE
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5. The Ethics of CRISPR : Using Human Germline Gene Modification to Prevent Genetic Disease
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etikAbstract : With the discovery and development of CRISPR, the technology that might allow us to modify the human germline is at our fingertips, and, consequently, serious practical and ethical consideration is warranted. In the following paper, I examine the ethics of using CRISPR in this way and argue that modifying the human germline for the purpose of preventing serious genetic disease is, in principle, ethically acceptable and ought to be allowed. READ MORE
