Ethical Debate: Practical ethics

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The ethical principles underlying clinical practice tend to run on two axes: firstly, the need to protect life and wellbeing, and, secondly, respect for the individual patient. Occasionally the principles of beneficence (or doing good) and respect for autonomy seem to conflict, and such situations require doctors to blend clinical wisdom and the art of negotiation. The case of head injury presented here is an example. Clearly, any reasonable patient …

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