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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.
Each health care provider abides by a code of ethics that regulates his or her behavior. Ethics relates to moral principles and actions. Beneficence is an ethical principle that addresses the idea that a nurse's actions should promote good. Doing good is thought of as doing what is best for the patient. Beneficence should not be confused with the closely related ethical principle of nonmaleficence, which states that one should not do harm to patients.