Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 24 EBP 3456 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nonmaleficence
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The idea
Nonmaleficence addresses the importance of not harming patients, which is a separate obligation from the duty to do good.
In practice
A treatment withheld because its harms outweigh what it offers this patient.
Where people slip
Unit 06 weighed benefits against harms in appraisal. This is why that weighing is obligatory rather than thorough.
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