Why is beneficence ethical and legal issue

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How does beneficence apply to the following scenario, why is beneficence an ethical/legal issue, and define the concept: someone has a stroke, comes to the hospital and becomes a vegetable, and the next of kin doesnt want to honor a possible living will/advanced directive that says to pull the plug because they are the proxy for the patient, even though the living will states to pull the plug and the treating physician states that the patient is in a permanent unconscious condition.

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