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<p><b>Beneficence</b> in general means "active well-doing". Duties of beneficence form a part of various religious and secular ethical theories. As an <a href="page.php?w=applied_ethics">applied ethical</a> concept relating to <a href="page.php?w=research_ethics">research</a>, beneficence means that researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any <a href="page.php?w=clinical_trial">clinical trial</a> or other research study. The <a href="page.php?w=antonym">antonym</a> of this term, <b>maleficence</b>, describes</p><p>
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