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Primum Utilis Esse: The Primacy of Usefulness in Medicine
The famous and oft-quoted maxim “Do no harm” should not be thought of as the first principle of medical ethics. The documents of the Hippocratic tradition and clinical experience indicate that a more appropriate and helpful first principle would be “Above all, be useful.” The concept of usefulness i...
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1978
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/752199 |