Ethical principles guide clinical decision-making, ensuring patient protection and professional accountability.
Core Ethical Principles
- Autonomy: Respecting the patient's right to make their own healthcare decisions (e.g., informed consent, refusal of treatment).
- Beneficence: Doing good and acting in the patient's best interest.
- Non-Maleficence: Doing no harm (e.g., verifying medication doses).
- Justice: Fair and equal distribution of healthcare resources.
