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framework to help them ensure the safety of patients and
their fellow healthcare providers.
Ethics
Importance of Bioethics
a. Regulates human conduct in the practice of health care so that good may
be done and evil may be avoided.
b. Ensures that the purpose of health is being met.
c. Serves as guiding principle for healthcare professionals to observe in
addressing health care issues.
refers method of inquiry that helps people to understand the morality
of human behavior.
Ethics
expected standards of moral behavior of a
particular group as described in the group’s formal code of professional
ethics.
ethics
ethics applied to life; relates to human life or ethics of the life sciences-health care
bioethics
science that guides health care provider toward moral ethical behavior in
delivery of excellent health practices, services to patient, client, family,
colleagues and community
health ethics
relates to human life; focused on moral issues in health care field
bioethics
relates to human health and it is considered ethics for health profession
health ethics
refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practice
nursing ethics
division of ethics that relates to professional behavior. It is guided
by a set of norms for behavior that suit the profession’s particular aims and
goals, and which reflect the profession’s values.
professional ethics
principles of right and wrong behavior and the
goodness or badness of human character.
moral
quality of act itself; the quality of human act
morality
employs the power of human
reasoning which is a natural process
natural science
Ethics presents truths that are to be acted upon. It presents data which directly imply and indicate direction for human conduct. Ethics is
not studied for the love of learning. All are bound in conscience to apply its principles to their conduct
practical science
Ethics treats human acts- it was performed, it was chosen and
given existence, it was determined- it does not deal with acts of man (acted
upon without thinking).
moral science
help a person to lead a life in accordance with
moral standards, and there are numerous philosophies that concern these
ethics.
philosophical science
study of man as living organism; Ethics deals with man as moral being
and moral right
biology
study of human body and behaivior; Ethics deals with the principles of right
conduct as applied to man of all times
anthropology
study of structure and attitude of social group; Ethics study social group concerning the
moral and social order
sociology
study of man’s intellect free; Study how to direct intellect and how to
practice the moral truth
psychology
study on correct thinking Deals with correct doing
logic
study of origin and interpretation of laws
Deals with knowledge of natural law or moral law common to all men
Jurisprudence
2 division of ethics
- general ethics
- applied ethics
branch of philosophy that deals with the concept of values. It relates the fields of philosophy and moral ethics. It is concerned with the resolving of controversial questions of human morality. It defines the concepts of good and evil, right and wrong.
general ethics
refers to the practical application of moral considerations. It is ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in the areas of private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law, and leadership
applied ethics
2 forms of applied ethics
- individual ethics
- social ethics
personal standards and values that determine
how people view their responsibilities to other people and groups.
individual ethics
standards that govern how members of the society are to deal with each other on issues such as fairness, justice, poverty and the rights of the individual.
social ethics
pertains to the components of an action, these
includes the following:
a. Physical Object or the doer of the action.
b. Non-physical object or the act done by the doer
b.1. formal objec
object of bioethics
sources of bioethics
▪ the Divine will
▪ culture
▪ personal preference
▪ actual social contract
▪ hypothetical contract
basis of ethics
a. Man is a rational being
b. Man is free
c. God exists
d. God is just
e. Good life merit God’s reward
f. Evil life merit God’s punishment
g. Man has soul
h. Soul is immortal
i. Soul has intellect and will
j. Object of intellect is truth
k. Object of will is goodness
l. Good must be done, evil must be avoided
m. An act is good when in conformity with right person
n. An act is evil when not in conformity with right
application of the core principles of bioethics to medical and health care decisions. It looks at moral issues involved in our understanding of life.
health ethics
provides tools and analysis and help us think about our options in the resolution of dilemma.
bioethics
