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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.
Nonmaleficence has been upheld in both the ethical and legal prac-tices of health care. Using utilitarian logic, the benefit of procedures is balanced against the harm. If there is greater benefit, the act is viewed as an ethical one. In fact, you have a duty to provide appropriate care to