The duty to do good to others and maintain a balance between those items that may cause harm and those that may cause good is called:
a. fidelity c. beneficence
b. nonmaleficence d. veracity
C
The ethical principle of beneficence concerns the duty to "do good" to others and to maintain a balance between benefits and harms. Examples of this principle would be to provide all patients with caring attention and to treat everyone with respect and courtesy. Nonmaleficence concerns the principle of doing no harm. Veracity deals with the obligation to tell the truth.
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