Bioethics -

Modern bioethics is largely built upon four "pillars" that guide healthcare providers and researchers in making difficult moral decisions:

: The duty to "do no harm," ensuring that the risks of a treatment or experiment do not outweigh the benefits. bioethics

: Ensuring that medical resources, benefits, and risks are distributed fairly and equitably among all members of society. Read the Belmont Report | HHS.gov Modern bioethics is largely built upon four "pillars"

: Respecting a patient's or research participant's right to make their own choices about their medical care and bodily integrity. bioethics

It is the outgrowth of an intensive four-day period of discussions that were held in February 1976 at the Smithsonian Institution' What Is Bioethics?