Nonmaleficence:

Terms Related to Nonmaleficence

• Principle-Based Ethic

  An approach to ethics that focuses on the importance of general principles such as respect for autonomy, beneficence/nonmaleficence, and justice. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

• Ethical Relativism

  The philosophical view that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them. (from American ...

• Principlism

  An approach to ethics that focuses on the importance of general principles such as respect for autonomy, beneficence/nonmaleficence, and justice. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

• Free Will

  Self-directing freedom and especially moral independence. An ethical principle holds that the autonomy of persons ought to be respected. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

• Ethical Analysis

  The application of systematic methods of ethical examination, such as ETHICAL THEORY, casuistry, or narrative ethics, to moral problems. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

• Abused Women

  Women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period, usually by a husband or other dominant male figure. Characteristics of the battered woman ...