Jacob Rosen l Blake Hannaford
Richard M. Satava
Editors

2011

Systems Applications and Visions

The dictum Primum non nocere (First, do no harm) and the dictum “Primum Succurrere” (First, hasten to help) as the prime directives of ethics in medicine may dictate two orthogonal approaches of practicing medicine, both of which are aimed to provide the best health care to the patient.