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This paper considers some of the implications of positing a duty of beneficence in the health care context, with particular emphasis on the scope or boudaries of such a duty. Part I discusses alternative sources or groundings for the duty of beneficence. Part II presents various definitions of beneficence and considers them in relation to the health care. Part III focuses more directly on the central issue, the general scope or limitations of the duty of beneficence in the health care context.
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Abrams, N. (1982). Scope of Beneficence in Health Care. 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_8
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