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nonmaleficence
nonmaleficence [non-mah-lef´ĭ-sens] a principle of bioethics that asserts an obligation not to inflict harm intentionally. It is useful in dealing with difficult issues surrounding the terminally or seriously ill and injured. Some philosophers combine nonmaleficence and beneficence, considering them a single principle.non·ma·lef·i·cence (non'ma-lef'ĭ-sens), The ethical principle of doing no harm, based on the Hippocratic maxim, primum non nocere, first do no harm. [non- + L. maleficencia, evildoing, fr. male, badly, wrongly, + facio, to do, act] nonmaleficence Medical ethics A central guiding principle of the ethical practice of medicine, first expressed by Hippocrates, and translated into Latin as primum non nocere, first do no harmnon·ma·lef·i·cence (non'mă-lef'i-sĕns) Ethical principle of doing no harm. [non- + L. maleficencia, evildoing, fr. male, badly, wrongly, + facio, to do, act] |