Goals of medicines, virtues, and principles

Question 1

What are the 8 goals of medicine?

Answer 1

• Improve QOL
• Cure disease
• Relief near death
• Avoid harm
• Maintain QOL
• Promote health
• Educate
• Death prevention

(I-PREACH)

Question 2

What are the four principals of medicine?

Answer 2

1. Beneficence
2. Non-maleficence
3. Justice
4. Autonomy

Question 3

What are the 8 virtues of medicine?

Answer 3

• Prudence
• Justice
• Fortitude
• Temperance
• Trust
• Compassion
• Integrity
• Effacement of self interest

(FJP-TTwICE)