{"title":"The four principles","authors":"A. Smajdor, J. Herring, Roberta Wheeler","doi":"10.1093/med/9780199659425.003.0005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the four principles developed in the seminal book by Beauchamp and Childress. The four principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice) are explained and examples provided of how they operate in principle. There is a discussion of the difficulties faced when these principles appear to clash with each other.","PeriodicalId":415921,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199659425.003.0005","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter explores the four principles developed in the seminal book by Beauchamp and Childress. The four principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice) are explained and examples provided of how they operate in principle. There is a discussion of the difficulties faced when these principles appear to clash with each other.