Principle of beneficence Sample Clauses

Principle of beneficence. The principle of beneficence obliges to increase potential benefits by advancing the good of ethical and fundamental values to the benefit of others. This means that citizens’ health data should be used in a way that maximises the welfare of other citizens within the society, while respecting and protecting the rights of others. Beneficence therefore necessitates more than just refraining from harming others, because it requires to actively contribute to benevolent outcomes. eHealth tools have the potential to benefit others, as it facilitates to collect and share valuable information about one’s health, which could be used in research or to enable public health protection. In eHealth, the principle of beneficence could therefore require 16 DIGITALEUROPE (2020) Harnessing the power of AI in health applications – How EU policies can xxxxxx the development of an ethical and trustworthy AI to bring better health to citizens, 14.01.2020, p. 18. Available here: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/resources/harnessing-the-power-of-ai-in-health- applications/ 17 Xxxxxxx G et al, Building an Ethical Framework for cross-border applications: the KONFIDO project, p. 5. Available here: xxxxx://xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx.xx/sites/default/files/publications/5faiellaethicalframework.pdf 00 Xxxxxxxxxxx X, Xxxxxx X, WITDOM, Legal and Ethical framework and privacy and security principles. Deliverable 6.1, p. 40. Available here: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xx/sites/default/files/witdom/public/content- files/deliverables/D6%201_Legal%20and%20EthicalFrameworkand%20Privacy%20and%20Security%20 Principles_v1.0_final_20150630.pdf 19 Xxxxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxxxx JF (1979) Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Oxford University Press, p. 213. citizens to use eHealth technologies. Considering that the usage of electronic health records is voluntary in some countries, the principle of beneficence could argue in favour of an ethical duty of citizens to use eHealth technologies. Furthermore, the sharing of health data through eHealth technologies has the potential to serve wider goals for the benefit of the society. Sharing eHealth data therefore can be benevolent to other citizens. Against this backdrop, the principle of beneficence is not infinite and finds its limits where the individuals’ contribution to welfare causes disproportionate harm to themselves. Nonetheless, a duty to benefit others may also require to take into account the utility with the aim to weigh the envisaged good against potential drawbacks. The prin...
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