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title: "SU-STS115 JAN072025"
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhsu_sts115_jan072025/
date: 2025-01-07
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four pillars of medical ethics beneficence: act in the best interest of the patience non-maleficence: do no harm autonomy: respect the right of people to make decisions for themselves justice: seek fairness with what we do &hellip;on children autonomy is very adult centric&hellip; &ldquo;substituted judgment is hard&rdquo; altruistic surrogacy: act in the children&rsquo; best interest altruism: doesn&rsquo;t require the consent / knowledge of others + doing something for someone else ethical equivalency Agreeing to withhold a treatment is equivalent to agreeing to stop it.
