On the other hand, in public health ethics, autonomy is the right to privacy and freedom of action as long as such choices do not result in harm to others (Williams & Torrens , 2008). So essentially, in the world of medicine, people have the right to do whatever they want, but when that has the potential to be harmful to something more than just them; public health intervenes to stop the process. In medical ethics, beneficence is the process by which the doctor does no harm and promotes the well-being and health of his patients; generally doing good. In public health, beneficence is the overall goal of public health policy and practice, however, it does not focus on an individual patient but rather on the entire population. This removes the individual rights factor from consideration and focuses it more on the needs and rights of society. An example would be; If a patient does not have health insurance; they are considered private pay in the medical world. In public health there is typically no charge for services and, if there is, it is based on a sliding scale based on income. Those who cannot afford the cost of an outpatient visit to a doctor's office are often not seen. This could lead to a conflict in the principle of beneficence and non-maleficence which is an important part of medical ethics. On the other side of this conflict is the