Beauchamp & Childress

Beauchamp and Childress are known for their work on medical ethics, especially their "Principles of Biomedical Ethics." They identified four key ethical principles to guide healthcare decisions: respect for persons (honoring individual autonomy), beneficence (acting in patients' best interests), non-maleficence (avoiding harm), and justice (fair distribution of resources). These principles help healthcare providers navigate complex ethical dilemmas by balancing patient rights, benefits, harms, and fairness, aiming to make morally sound choices in medical practice.