Beneficence

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An ethical principle implying that every effort should be made to maximize the benefits to the subjects in health research.

Literally, doing good; in bioethics, a prima facie principle underlying utilitarian approaches. Implies an obligation to promote benefits of things judged to be good, typically balancing produced goods against risks or harms. In public health, beneficence implies acting in the best interest of the population or society as a whole.

The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial.

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