NONMALEFICENCE
MEANING:MEANING: Occupational therapy personnel shall abstain from actions that cause harm, that is, not to harm the patient, trying to respect the physical and psychological integrity of human life, having as principles not to kill, not to induce suffering, not cause pain and not deprive of pleasure.
The non-malfeasance is given by the Hippocratic Medicine that says: "I will direct the diet with the eyes put in the recovery of the patients, in the measurement of my forces and of my judgment and I will avoid all badness and damage to them".
ANTONYMS
MALEFICENCE
WICKEDNESS
DAMAGING
CRUELTY
UNFAIR
INCORRECT
PROFESIONAL SITUATION: A 10 year old child with a disability is placed at the service of occupational therapy, the mother indicates that when she is at home she does not have adequate personal hygiene, because she does not like to get up and therefore prefers to urinate in bed; the therapist says that the child has no interest in being part of the intervention, since he does not see any meaning in the proposed activities given by the therapist.
The therapist should never treat a patient abruptly and violently so that he can perform the proposed tasks. If the problem is not solved, the therapist should think and make new ideas and options so that the child feels more comfortable and can participate in the intervention, since the therapist always focused on the needs of the patient, so that the child adapt to the space you are in and secure in the activities you do in the session and in your daily life.
SYNONYMS
BENEFICENCE
CORRECT
FAIR
IMPECCABLE
HELP
SUPPORT