Applying ethical principles.
This article outlines general ethical principles that can be applied in all healthcare contexts. It examines some general principles in the context of healthcare decisions and highlights some inadequacies in their application. The article concludes that there are lessons to be drawn from displaying an awareness of the different principles that can be applied and an awareness of their interplay.
Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham.
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D005610:Freedom; D026706:Paternalism; D012935:Social Justice