QUESTION: Name and explain four moral
principles that form the foundation of the patient medical
professional relationship?
ANSWER:
The four moral principles that form the foundation of the
patient medical professional relationship are,
- BENEFICENCE
- AUTONOMY
- NON-MALEFICENCE
- JUSTICE
BENEFICENCE
- It is the type of moral principle which state that health care
providers can do all the things which is benefit for the patient in
each situation.
- It is ensure that the procedures and treatment which is
provided to the patient is good for them.
- To ensure beneficence medical practitioners must maintain and
also develop skill and knowledge and make sure that they are well
trained and consider indivisual circumstances of all patients and
make great efforts for benefits.
- In indivisual circumstances It also must consider their
patient, what is benefit for one patient is not necessary to
benefit for other patient.
AUTONOMY
- Autonomy is the type of moral principle which refers to the
patient to retain control over his/her body.
- It requires that, when making decisions regarding health care
procedures, the patient must have autonomy of thoughts, action and
intention.
- The decision making procedure must be free of coaxing.
- So for a patient to make an informed decision, he or she must
understand all benefits and all the risks of the procedure.
NON-MALEFICENCE
- Non-Maleficence is the type of moral principle which refers to
the procedures, that does not harm the patient involved and other
in society.In short form it also known as TO DO NO
HARM.
- It ensure that the medical provider must consider that they are
doing no harm and minimizing the harm by persuing the greater
good.
- In most of the cases it is very difficult for the doctor to
apply no harm principle.
JUSTICE
- It is the type of moral principle which refers to the decisions
that benefits and burden as well as equal distribution of all new
and experimental treatments among all group in society.
- When evaluating Justice, the health care provider must consider
four areas which are Competing needs,
Obligations ans rights ,Potential
Conflicts, Fair distribution of scarce
resources.
- Due to treatment is not available equally to all people,
reproductive technology creates ethical dilemmas.
- It requires the procedures or decisions which is uphold the
spirit of existing laws and are fair to all.