a key principle of bioethics ethics that demands that professionals act for the good of patients Knowing what is good for a patient is not always clearly understood, and doing what is good for a patient is not always supported by the health care system
An ethical principle which, when applied to managed care, states that each member should be treated in a manner that respects his or her own goals and values and that managed care organizations and their providers have a duty to promote the good of the members as a group 4
The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness
6 An ethical principle which, when applied to managed care, states that each member should be treated in a manner that respects his or her own goals and values and that managed care organizations and their providers have a duty to promote the good of the members as a group