(n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson.
(v. t.) To endow with a benefice.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prenatal informed consent for sonogram, a primarily autonomy-based indication, should be given the same weight in clinical judgment and practice as the beneficence-based indications listed by the National Institutes of Health consensus panel.
(2) We discuss the benefice of a such therapeutic option in the true hermaphroditism lately diagnosed recording to organic and psychological data.
(3) Then, acting on a refusal of treatment would amount to acting on unreliable clinical judgment, justifying the physician's resisting the patient's exercising a positive right when fulfilling that positive right contradicts the most highly reliable clinical judgment, dooms the beneficence-based interests of the fetus, and virtually dooms the beneficence-based interests of the pregnant woman.
(4) Therapy appeared beneficent in half of the cases, but only one patient was markedly improved.
(5) The ethical problems for 3 groups of agents (informants and other relatives, including the deceased; the researcher; and the research) are discussed according to 3 basic ethical principles (nonmaleficence, beneficence and respect for autonomy).
(6) Because humans are the subjects in clinical research, this area of scientific study must operate within the limits dictated by such basic principles as individual autonomy, justice, and beneficence.
(7) We can see from the examples discussed that there are many instances where principles, guidelines, rules or laws propounded for the benefit of one party may restrain autonomy, beneficence and justice done to another.
(8) The choice of when and how to use behavioral interventions and the implications of these choices may present the nurse with certain ethical dilemmas related to ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and maleficence.
(9) In a previous essay I criticized Engelhardt's libertarian conception of justice, which grounds the view that society's obligation to assure access to adequate health care for all is a matter of beneficence.
(10) When consideration is given to the underlying principles of autonomy and beneficence, a case can be made for weak paternalistic interventions with persons of diminished capacity who are clearly endangered and in whom the conduct involved is substantially nonvoluntary.
(11) Thanks to the beneficence of its owner he and his allies have recently moved into a derelict 19th-century sea fort on the tiny island of Stack Rock, taking with them camping supplies and generators.
(12) Up until now, it's mostly shown off the times when it's done so with beneficent aims: promoting organ donors, or voters.
(13) When there are no beneficence-based obligations to the fetus, the physician should recommend only termination of pregnancy or nonaggressive management.
(14) The question of beneficence and non-maleficence must first be related to the individual and only second to the society.
(15) A beneficence-based construal would yield a much weaker obligation with respect to the distribution of health care.
(16) To allocate resources ethically under the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) system of reimbursement, it will not be sufficient to appeal to traditional patient-centered principles such as individual beneficence and autonomy.
(17) After this evidence has been collected, moral issues of altruism and beneficence can be balanced against the possible detriment to both patient and health care provider, with the highest priority given to the patient's concerns.
(18) Consumers and providers of ECMO services must continue to examine and debate these issues in a reasoned, deliberate fashion and construct the necessary procedural safeguards that will ensure beneficent and just delivery of these services.
(19) In the absence of an acceptable way to give consistent moral priority to any of the criteria, he concludes, practical systems should be set up to resolve conflicts by taking into account the fundamental moral values of respect for autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence while incorporating Aristotle's formal principle of justice.
(20) But the rise of a racist far right across Europe is more than just a predictable cost of an overwhelmingly beneficent change.
Vicarage
Definition:
(n.) The benefice of a vicar.
(n.) The house or residence of a vicar.
Example Sentences:
(1) It seems that Mrs May’s vicarage upbringing has left her more than a little lacking in Christian compassion.
(2) Pep Guardiola: ‘I need a new challenge, and I want to be a manager in England’ Read more The Watford Observer reports that the Spanish defensive midfielder Mario Suárez could be on his way to Vicarage Road, having failed to make much of an impact at Fiorentina after moving there from Atlético Madrid last summer.
(3) Quique leaves with all our best wishes for the future and the knowledge he is always welcome at Vicarage Road.” “I understand football completely because I’ve been a professional in football for 32 years.
(4) Watford announced on their website: “Heurelho Gomes has agreed terms on a one-year deal at Vicarage Road and will officially become a Watford player on July 1.” Gomes spent part of last season on loan at the Bundesliga side Hoffenheim.
(5) My husband went to see the local vicar, who lives in a modest vicarage beside the old one, and met there other neighbours from nearby streets.
(6) García, who took Brighton to the Championship play-off semi-finals last season before a brief return to Israel with Maccabi, was appointed at Vicarage Road this month following the sudden departure of Beppe Sannino .
(7) The pair, who have 40 Premier League goals between them this term, were briefly club-mates at Leicester City in the Championship three seasons ago, starting on the bench alongside another member of Roy Hodgson’s squad, Danny Drinkwater, in the second leg of their play-off semi-final at Vicarage Road in May 2013 .
(8) On loan at Watford from Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, Alessandro Diamanti ’s time at Vicarage Road also looks to be drawing to a close, with Udinese, Bologna and Livorno all being touted as likely destinations for the former West Ham striker.
(9) Believing the old vicarage to be worth saving, we have won strong support from the Ancient Monument Society , and the Victorian Society , who both formally object to its demolition.
(10) Six months ago we got such a letter from Barnet council in north London , telling us that somebody we had never heard of intended to knock down the handsome old Victorian vicarage behind us and concrete over its grounds with no fewer than 53 homes, along with a restaurant and hairdresser.
(11) In his second year it was he who suffered injuries and after making only nine starts it ended with a move to Vicarage Road.
(12) Sergio Agüero completes Manchester City’s turnaround at Watford Read more City looked like they were going to slip six points behind Arsenal after Aleksandar Kolarov scored an own goal in the 55th minute, but they hit back with goals in the final eight minutes from Yaya Touré and Agüero at Vicarage Road.
(13) Aidy Boothroyd, then the manager at Vicarage Road, relished working with a player he describes as blessed with “the X factor”, devoting hours to improving his right foot while being consistently impressed by parents who placed the winger at the centre of their world.
(14) He had arrived at Vicarage Road expecting to watch the match from the stands but instead found himself thrust into action in Watford's biggest game of the season.
(15) It is a highly impressive return and reason for Liverpool to fear before their visit to Vicarage Road on Sunday lunchtime.
(16) As a result, he was able to buy the swanky vicarage in a Berkshire village that he still lives in.
(17) The 19-year-old has secured a move to Vicarage Road upon the expiry of his Reds contract but, as he is under the age of 24, his registration would have been subject to compensation in the form of a development fee.
(18) Eight coaches in a little under four years at Watford under the reign of the Pozzo family may not bode well for Walter Mazzarri’s long-term employment hopes but it has not stopped the 54-year-old from signing a three-year contract at Vicarage Road having been impressed by the Italian owners’ vision for the club.
(19) The Hornets twice came from behind at Vicarage Road and the England hopeful Jack Wilshere spurned a glorious opportunity to win it for Bournemouth.
(20) I’ve tried to speak to him and his attitude has always been in question, but he just wants to play and he gets frustrated if he is not in the team.” Following his red card against the Swans in September, Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami has not made a single start for Watford and could be headed for the Vicarage Road door marked “Do One”.