Beneficence
"Beneficence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). The ethical principle of BENEFICENCE requires producing net benefit over harm. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
| Descriptor ID |
D026686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.316.756.500 K01.752.256.830.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Beneficence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Beneficence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Beneficence" by people in Profiles.
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Ross LF, Thistlethwaite JR. Developing an ethics framework for living donor transplantation. J Med Ethics. 2018 12; 44(12):843-850.
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Tully AA, Diaz GC, Renz JF. Should Physicians Attempt to Persuade a Patient to Accept a Compromised Organ for Transplant? AMA J Ethics. 2016 Feb 01; 18(2):101-7.
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Stack BC, Angelos P. The Ethics of Disclosure and Counseling of Patients With Thyroid Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Nov; 141(11):957-8.
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Cowell JM, Decety J. The neuroscience of implicit moral evaluation and its relation to generosity in early childhood. Curr Biol. 2015 Jan 05; 25(1):93-7.
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Sulmasy DP, Brick C, Mackowiak PA. Eleanor Roosevelt's last days: a bioethical case study. Am J Med. 2015 Apr; 128(4):437-40.
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Testa G. Ethical issues regarding related and nonrelated living organ donors. World J Surg. 2014 Jul; 38(7):1658-63.
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Brown BP, Chor J. Adding injury to injury: ethical implications of the Medicaid sterilization consent regulations. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun; 123(6):1348-1351.
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Sulmasy DP. Edmund Pellegrino's philosophy and ethics of medicine: an overview. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2014 Jun; 24(2):105-12.
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Padela AI, Malik AY, Curlin F, De Vries R. [Re]considering Respect for Persons in a Globalizing World. Dev World Bioeth. 2015 Aug; 15(2):98-106.
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Wall A, Angelos P, Brown D, Kodner IJ, Keune JD. Ethics in surgery. Curr Probl Surg. 2013 Mar; 50(3):99-134.