# Standards of Health Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence and Justice are four pillars of medical ethics which can be found in Principles of Biomedical Ethics by [Beauchamp and Childress (2019)](https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/principles-of-biomedical-ethics-9780190640873). These four core principles are widely found in the ethics code of many health professions in Malaysia and are used to guide practitioners to ethically treat all their patients. {% embed url="" %} The table below highlights how each of these ethical principles is acknowledged in the codes of conduct and guidelines for medical and mental health professionals in Malaysia.
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