Look up: nonmaleficence

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   nonmaleficence
   The ethical principle of doing no harm, based on the Hippocratic maxim, primum non nocere, first do no harm. ... Origin: non-+ L. Maleficencia, evildoing, fr. Male, badly, wrongly, + facio, to do, act ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   Nonmaleficence
   The term `nonmaleficence` derives from the ancient maxim `primum non nocere`, which, translated from the Latin, means `first, do no harm`. Most medical practices have a tradition of utilitarian approaches, meaning that the greatest good should be accomplished through any public health action. Nonmaleficence is distinguished from beneficence by doing no harm -- it does not imply an act toward the good. Most health professionals use the word nonmal...
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   nonmaleficence
   (from the article `bioethics`) ...the autonomous decisions of competent adults. The second principle, beneficence, holds that they should aim to do good—i.e., to promote the ...
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