Beneficence

The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). The ethical principle of BENEFICENCE requires producing net benefit over harm. (Bioethics Thesaurus)

Year introduced: 2002

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Tree Number(s): K01.752.566.479.830.500, N05.350.958.500

MeSH Unique ID: D026686

Entry Terms:

• Benevolence
• Nonmaleficence

Previous Indexing:

• Altruism (1974-2001)

See Also:

• Altruism
• Paternalism

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