Abstract
When people are sick, they need medical treatment; as we often say, they need help. But why do doctors and other medical personnel aid the sick? Is their work an expression of some general duty of beneficence? Is there a form of beneficence which is not a duty but supererogatory? What is the relation of beneficence to other duties?
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Reeder, J.P. (1982). Beneficence, Supererogation, and Role Duty. In: Shelp, E.E. (eds) Beneficence and Health Care. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7769-3_4
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