Question

Major Principles in Bioethics:

Answer 1

Bioethics deal with the ethical principles involved in field of healthcare and medicine.
The four common principles of bioethics are :

1. Beneficence: every healthcare worker should work in best interest of patient and do what so ever is needed to improve patient health.
2. Non maleficence : every healthcare worker should avoid practices and behaviour that will harm the patient.
3. Autonomy : every pateint should be treated with respect and dignity. His needs, beliefs and thought processes should be respected.
4. Justice : every patient should be treated equally without any discrimination on the grounds of ethinicity, religion, colour, gender or socioeconomic standards.