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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Non maleficence"”.
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Knowledge and application of nursing ethical principles by nurses at Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital, Oshikoto region, Namibia
… of ethical principles of respect for a person, non maleficence, beneficence and justice by nurses in providing care to patients and clients and to determine the association between sociodemographic variables of the respondents and the knowledge and application of these principles. Two hundred …
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Access to Life: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Undocumented Immigrants
… breaches justice, autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence by restricting access to mechanical circulatory support, inotropic therapy, and heart transplants. Analysis of Medicaid restrictions, legal barriers, and a representative patient case study reveals how current policies …
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ETHICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS.
… The principles autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice and the choice of affected persons then give ethical meaning to the otherwise factual circumstances.The suggested framework for analysis does not involve a general theory of values but is enacted in the middle ground between …
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Building Context: Guiding Principles for Urban Bioethics and their Application via Qualitative Research
… of its four core principles (justice, autonomy, non-maleficence, and beneficence). However, these core principles often overlook more complex issues related to health. In this thesis I take a critical look at traditional bioethics to demonstrate why more specific fields of bioethics, like public …
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The role of parents in preventing substance use among adolescents at Elias Motsoaledi Municipality in the Sekhukhune District, Limpopo Province
… participation, beneficence, justice, and non-maleficence. Findings revealed that parents in Elias Motsoaledi understand their preventive role and employ several strategies including monitoring, communication, emotional guidance, role modelling, and participation in cultural and religious …
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Role of healthcare in utilizing parenting programs to support childhood development: a bioethical analysis
… ethical principles of Justice, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, and Autonomy are examined regarding how these programs should be used to uphold the ethical responsibilities of physicians. Ethical reasoning supports the claim that these programs should be provided to all parents as a standard …
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Perceptions of male teenagers towards teen fatherhood in Alxexandra Township, Eastern Cape Province
… Ethical considerations of confidentiality, non-maleficence, voluntary participation, and privacy were upheld throughout the study. Results: The study identified four overarching themes regarding male teenagers' perceptions of teenage fatherhood: positive perceptions, negative perceptions, …
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The experience of nurses worked at the covid-19 unit in intermediate hospital Oshakati, Oshana region, Namibia
… confidentiality, privacy, beneficence, and non-maleficence. The analysis of the data revealed four themes and fourteen subthemes: A) positive experiences (learning, patient treatment and recovery, and patient management); B) negative experiences (worry and fear of death of patients, trauma …
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A framework for ethical artificial intelligence adoption at a South African higher education institution
… addresses key principles, such as beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice. This framework offered guidelines for HEIs to integrate AI ethically, ensuring accountability, fairness, and security in AI applications. This study had limitations, including potential biases due to the …
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Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain
… conditions;being believed, believing in and non-maleficence which represent the expectedconditions of health care and by health care.
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Interpreting the Culture of Ubuntu: The Contribution of a Representative Indigenous African Ethics to Global Bioethics
… principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence and non-maleficence. Above all, Ubuntu can create a basis for dialogue and mutually enlightening discourse between global bioethics and indigenous cultures. Such a dialogue helps make advancements in bioethics relevant to local indigenous cultures, …
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Exploring ethical sensitivity in the South African context : developing and implementing a measure in the therapeutic sciences
… alternative response for the target principle of Non-Maleficence. The MIEST can be used to assess the ethical sensitivity of student therapists (and possibly qualified therapists as defined in this study) and describe the stage of their ethical sensitivity development throughout the course of …
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End-of-life Care Practices in Two Cultures: A Comparative Ethical Analysis and Recommendations
… care is still very much an emerging phenomenon that is being shaped and informed by Saudi culture, tradition and the Islamic faith.</p> <p>This study compares and contrasts the approaches taken to end-of-life care in the United States and Saudi Arabia. It is essential a case study using two …
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Complementary and alternative medicine : nature, origins, ethics and regulation
… It applies the four principles of autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice, first elucidated in the Belmont Report (1978), to complementary and alternative medicine to see if these ethical principles, taught widely in medical schools, form an adequate ethical framework for CAMs or …
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Perspectives of male mental health service users on their community integration following participation in a residential-based rehabilitation programme
… Ethical principles of beneficence, autonomy and non-maleficence were upheld throughout the research process. Findings: One theme and three categories emerged in the findings. The theme, 'It's a catch-22 situation', comprises three categories, namely: 'It's not just what you call it'; 'There's no …
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Increasing the Participation of Persons with Mental Illness in Mental Health Treatment Decision-Making
… from bioethical principles of autonomy, justice, non-maleficence and beneficence, and article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’). These principles give rise to the four key themes which provide a framework of analysis throughout this thesis: autonomy, …
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An exploration of plagiarism: the perceptions of senior nurses in the context of professionalism and patient care
… contravening the principles of beneficence and non-maleficence.
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A descriptive qualitative study exploring youth with intellectual disabilities participation in the community of Moshi
… The ethical principles of ensuring autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice guided the research. Findings: Two major themes were identified. The first theme; ''Becoming who I can be through what I can do” with two sub-themes, namely, “Opportunities at Gabriella Centre” and “Changes …
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Healthcare virtues and professional education
… they call principles, of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. Beauchamp and Childress identify but elaborate little on the virtue correlates of these principles: respectfulness, benevolence, non-malevolence and justice. In this thesis, the virtue of respectfulness will be …
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Prevalence and determinants of non-barrier contraceptive use in HIV-positive women who attend HIV services at public sector clinics in Gugulethu
… is needed on the factors that contribute to nonbarrier contraceptive use (NBCU) and its prevalence among HIV-positive women in order to afford women the opportunity to choose to have maximum dual method protection to prevent both infection and unwanted pregnancy. While there is literature on …
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