PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sepsis, Second Doctor, Primum Non Nocere
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Four principles approach in healthcare: beau(cid:272)ha(cid:373)p a(cid:374)d childress". Based off another moral theorist wd ross. Nonmaleficence the duty to avoid harming ppl. Ppl apply this principle when talking about use of competing limited resources. Who should bare the burden of experimentation. Should be fairness in how ppl bare the cost of treating ppl in the medical sphere. If a group of ppl are targeted for experimental therapies that group bares the burden that may be unfair. Or may be unfair to the other group who is not experimented on. If a patient wants to be treated by someone who is the same race of them a principle of justice. This may be beneficial to the patient at some extent, but how can u fulfill that request: rossian model. There is not a simple principle proposed that would resolve all moral dilemma or give us moral device for a particular scenario.
