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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)

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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)

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2 entry terms
  • Benevolence
  • Nonmaleficence

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History Note

2002; use ALTRUISM 1978-2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Altruism (1974-2001)

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  1. K01w.752w.566w.479w.830w.500w
  2. N05.350w.958w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Beneficence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D026686. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D026686
  2. Beneficence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_(practice)
  3. Beneficence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077064