Beneficence & Other Principles

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Beneficence & Other Principles

Beneficence & Other PrinciplesBeneficenceDo or promote goodPrevent harmRemove evil or harmNonmaleficenceAvoid causing harm to patientsFound in the Hippocratic OathVeracityThe practice of telling the truthLying vs DeceptionFidelityConcept of faithfulness and the practice of keeping promises