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1 CHAPTER 1 Principles of EthicsAmy M. Haddad, PhD, RNIntroductionWhat kinds of acts are right in oncology nursing practice? This basic yet com-plex question is commonly asked by nurses in oncology and other specialties to determine what they should do in a specific case or how the entire profession should act regarding interactions with patients, families, and colleagues. General ethical Principles often are used as guides for right action. The first such contem-porary example that proposed Principles as guides in a health-related area was the Belmont Report (National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1979), which identified the Principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice in human subjects research. In 1981, Beauchamp and Childress built on this work and applied it to health care in the first edition of their book Principles of Biomedical Ethics , now in its seventh edi-tion (Beauchamp & Childress, 2012).

Basic Principles of Ethics. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that explores moral duty, values, and char-acter. In effect, ethics involves the study of right and wrong, moral responsibil-ities of actors, individual/institutional/societal moral conduct, promises, rules, principles, and theories. The study of ethics can also involve the moral ...

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