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| Title |
The four principles: Can they be measured and do they predict ethical decision making?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-13-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katie Page |
| Abstract |
The four principles of Beauchamp and Childress--autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice--have been extremely influential in the field of medical ethics, and are fundamental for understanding the current approach to ethical assessment in health care. This study tests whether these principles can be quantitatively measured on an individual level, and then subsequently if they are used in the decision making process when individuals are faced with ethical dilemmas. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 875 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 865 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 212 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 128 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 52 | 6% |
| Researcher | 41 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 38 | 4% |
| Other | 129 | 15% |
| Unknown | 275 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 195 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 134 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 38 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 31 | 4% |
| Psychology | 31 | 4% |
| Other | 141 | 16% |
| Unknown | 305 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 51. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 June 2023.
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#846,555
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Outputs from BMC Medical Ethics
#51
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#4,193
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Ethics
#1
of 11 outputs
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