Providers respect this principle when they inform

Providers respect this principle when they inform
patients on what their rights are regarding their care.

This principle creates two ethical responsibilities (Baack &
Fischer, 2013).

Everyone becomes responsible for their own
healthcare.
 Individual organizations must respect the individuals
decision regarding their health.
Fiduciary Duty
 This principle expresses the obligation of a healthcare
organization to provide the best possible care to
individuals who have placed their trust in it (Baack &
Fischer, 2013).

Fiduciaries must always try to include provisions that
limit liability during the administration of all type
incentive clauses, this is definitely true for moral and
religious clauses (Lester & Tally, 2018) .

Five Ethical Principles cont.…
Beneficence
 Establishes a moral obligation to act for the benefit of
others (Baack & Fischer, 2013) . This means to be kind
and showing compassion.

Four components for healthcare workers (Baack &
Fischer, 2013):
 Shouldn’t inflict evil or harm
 Should seek to prevent evil or harm.
 Should always remove evil or harm.

Should do or promote good.
Nonmaleficence
 Establishes the ethical responsibility to do no harm
(Baack & Fischer, 2013).
 Can guide physicians to refrain from providing
treatments that are ineffective or acting with malice
towards patients (Baack & Fischer, 2013).
 When nonmaleficence is balanced with beneficence, it
means that the patient understands and accepts the
risks of treatment (harm) in light of benefits (Baack &
Fischer, 2013).

Five Ethical Principles cont.…
Justice
 Means that the process by which decisions are made
and actions are taken meets standards of fairness and