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These principles guide healthcare professionals in making ethical decisions in patient care.
These principles guide healthcare professionals in making ethical decisions in patient care.
There are also a number of secondary principles of medical ethics that include:
There are also a number of secondary principles of medical ethics that include:
* Provision of futile, ineffective, or unnecessary treatment
* Provision of futile, ineffective, or unnecessary treatment