Anaes SAQs · Ethics, consent & medicolegal
The four ethical principles
Primary — the autonomy (the self-determination), the beneficence (the best interest), the non-maleficence (the avoid harm), and the justice (the fair distribution); the conflicts (the JW refusal, the resource rationing); and the balancing.
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Describe the four ethical principles of the medical practice (the principlism), and their application to the anaesthetic scenarios.
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Describe the four ethical principles of the medical practice (the principlism), and their application to the anaesthetic scenarios.
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- [1]Taylor BES, et al. Ethical and medicolegal aspects in the management of neurosurgical emergencies and the JW patient. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 2020.PMID 32222653
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