Examples Of Nonmaleficence

After going to class, I was able to get a deeper understanding of the readings and more specifically what each of the principle meant. For example, at first glance nonmaleficence seems very simple, but after going to class I was able to further understand its complexity. Nonmaleficence is meant to provoke harm to a patient, this is not only physical harm but harm in other ways discussed in class such as protecting a patient’s personal information and not exposing it to outsiders.

After working through cases in class, and a discussing the readings, it is apparent that there is often no straight forward universal principle or rule to follow with every situation. These principles need to be applied with moral reasoning. This can be done with