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The four principles of health care ethics are autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. The Four Principles of Health Care Ethics. The basic definitions of each of the four principles of health care ethics are commonly known and used often in the English language, but they take on special meaning when being utilized in a medical setting.
In fact, the physician recommends it. After being informed of the potential and likely side effects of chemotherapy, the patient informs his physician that he declines chemotherapy. The ethical principles in conflict are the patient's right of autonomy versus the physician's interpretation of beneficence. Because, ethically and legally, our society holds autonomy in preeminent regard, the patient's wishes should be followed.