“Being ethical was not about being pure, he realized; it was caring about suffering.” Strangers Drowning was a read outside of the realm of genres I am accustomed to and was suggested by the professor of a Public Health ethics course I took several months ago. It covers the philosophical concept of the “do-gooder” the […]
Autonomy vs. Beneficence
Doctors abide by a code of ethics. This code includes Autonomy, Beneficence, Justice and Non-Malfeasance. The code is not always black and white. The law and competing values fill our decisions with shades of grey. One of the first grey areas that comes up is the battle between Autonomy and Beneficence. The customer is always […]
