Bioethics Flashcards
The study of ethical and moral implications of
medical research and practice
BIOETHICS
A branch of philosophy
Rules of behavior based on ideas about what is
morally good and bad
ETHICS
2 general ethical principles
- Respect for autonomy
- Protection of persons with impaired or diminished
autonomy
Requires that those who are capable of deliberation
about their persona; choices should be treated with
respect for their capacity for self-determination
Respect for autonomy
prominent in cases with clinical trials, vulnerable
population. Requires that those who are dependent or vulnerable be afforded security against harm or
abuse
Protection of persons with impaired or diminished
autonomy
their job is to review drugs that are not yet
released in the market
Ethical Committee
What place where administrator is the one who asks for consent: a question of ethics
Nursing Homes
4 Research Hierarchy
- Animal study
- Stage 1: 10-20 healthy participants, dosages
- Stage 2: 300-800 patients with disease for efficacy
- Stage 3: more than a thousand participants
Paying someone to join a study is ____
unethical
Ethical obligation to maximize benefits and minimize harms Gives rise to norms requiring that the risks of research be reasonable in the light of the expected benefits
Beneficience
Soundness of research design, must be technically
sound. If not technically sound, it’s not ___
ethically sound
Fully recognized ethics
committee by the Philippine Ethics Board, Forum for
Ethical Review for Asia and Western Pacific
WVSU Ethics committee
drug with minimal harm, minimal side
effects (nausea, headache, vomiting), but must undergo
another trial for covid-19; cost – 8,000 per dose, 3 doses
per day for 10 days = 240 000 for free for each patient
Remdesivir
Solidarity trial sites in the Philippines
Cebu – Chong Hua Hospital and WVSU Medical Center
Obligation to treat each person in accordance to what is morally right and proper. To give each person what is due him/her
Justice
Justice in research ethics is often referred to as
distributive justice
Philippines was chosen to be a testing site yet
the company decides not to market the drug in the Philippines. (Unethical) is an example of
distributive justice
any situation wherein the pregnant woman’s interests or well-being contradicts the interests or benefit of the fetus, as defined by the physician.
Fetal-maternal conflict
testing for any abnormalities in the
fetus before birth. Ethical issues may arise when complications are present and decisions have to be made regarding the fate of the
fetus
Prenatal diagnosis
involve the amount of care or medical attention that should be given to terminally ill
patients
End of life issues
An example is resuscitation on a terminally ill
patient.
END OF LIFE ISSUES
is often based on best interest principle (chance of survival, pain of attempted resuscitation, subsequent benefits or burdens).
DECISION TO RESUSCITATE A NEONATE
Embryos are destroyed in the process of stem cell line derivation used for stem cell therapy that is usually given to adults.
STEM CELL THERAPY
5 COMMON ETHICAL ISSUES IN PRACTICE
- Fetal maternal conflict
- Prenatal diagnosis
- End of life issue
- Decision to resucitate a neonate
- STEM cell therapy