ESSAY 2
Key article
Larson, J. A., Johnson, M. H., & Bhayani, S. B. (2014). Application of surgical safety standards
to robotic surgery: five principles of ethics for nonmaleficence. Journal of the American
College of Surgeons, 218(2), 290-293.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.11.006
Introduction
Bioethics encompasses the study that involves ethical issues, which emerge from
advancements in medicine and biology (Johnstone & Facn, 2019). The fundamental principles of
bioethics as defined in the Belmont report comprised of respect, justice, and beneficence. Later
on the principles of human dignity, non-maleficence, and sanctity of life were also
acknowledged as core ethical principles (Miracle, 2016). The principle of non-maleficence is
closely related with the concept of doing no harm, or primum non nocere, while implementing
practices or actions that avoid generation of any bad consequences. This essay will compare and
contrast non-maleficence principles, by taking into account statements from different scholarly
articles.
Key points
Bioethics is specifically concerned with range of ethical questions that often originate in
medicine, biotechnology, politics, medical ethics, life sciences, philosophy, and law. Moreover,
it encompasses a broad range of human enquiry over boundaries of life, allocation of healthcare
resources, and refusal of medical care for cultural and religious reasons. The researchers of the
chief study elaborated on the recent attention that has been gained by robotic-assisted surgeries,

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