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Concept of Ethics in Healthcare

▪ Ethical responsibilities in a given situation depend in part on the nature of the
decision and in part on the roles healthcare provider play.

▪ The Core Principles of Health Care Ethics

1. Autonomy: to honour the patients right to make their own decision

2. Beneficence: to help the patient advance his/her own good

3. Nonmaleficence: to do no harm

4. Justice: to be fair and treat like cases alike