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29/11/01 Bruce Davies Medical Ethicswww.bradfordvts.co.uk29.11.01 Bruce Davies 1 Frameworks Variety of them exist. Will present three. Tavistock Principles Rights. People have a right to health and health care. Balance. Care of individual patients is central, but the health of populations is also our concern. Comprehensiveness. In addition to treating illness, we have an obligation to ease suffering, minimise disability, prevent disease, and promote health. Tavistock Principles Cooperation. Health care succeeds only if we cooperate with those we serve, each other, and those in other sectors. Improvement. Improving health care is a serious and continuing responsibility. Tavistock Principles Safety. Do no harm. Openness. Being open, honest, and trustworthy is vital in health care. Justice in Health Care Health. Health systems should pursue health as their primary goal. Access. Health systems should provide care primarily according to need rather than ability to pay. Justice in Health Care Accountability. Consumers, providers, and healthcare institutions must take responsibility for health and healthcare resources with which they are entrusted . Justice in Health Care Choice. Consumers must have the real ability to choose their healthcare systems, providers, and treatments in order to seek the best value in health care for themselves. Education. Education of consumers, providers, and institutions regarding value and quality in health care is necessary for responsible and informed health choices. MDU Beneficence Non-maleficence Justice Autonomy Tavistock Principles Rights. Balance. Comprehensiveness. Cooperation. Improvement. Safety. Openness. Case to Discuss Case to Discuss Case to Discuss Case to Discuss * Dales GPEC A doctor working in an NHS trust thinks it wrong that his patients will be denied a new treatment for cancer (the hospital formulary committee had