principe de non-malfaisance

CONT: Le principe de non-malfaisance prescrit l'abstention de poser tout acte qui serait un mal pour le patient, mal étendu au sens le plus large. Il peut s'agir des dimensions physique, psychologique, intellectuelle, spirituelle et sociale.

CONT: ... the principle of non-maleficence requires [healthcare providers] to ""do no harm.""
CONT: Ethically, failure to offer an available therapy that has proven to be effective violates the basic ethical principle of nonmaleficence, which prohibits the infliction of harm, injury, or death and is related to the maxim primum non nocere (""above all, or fist, do no harm""), which is widely used to describe the duties of a physician.
CONT: Equally important, although often overlook, is the violation of the nonmaleficence principle that can occur in not acting to treat pain.