BIOETHICS Flashcards
a branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles
Bioethics
all about individuals search for meaning while dealing with human problems
Bioethics
The State recognizes the sanctity of life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social instituition. It shall equally protect life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception
Article 2 Section 12 of the 1987 Constitution
Other term for Mercy killing
Euthanasia
Practice of ending life intetionally in situations where an individual is terminally ill to relieve that person’s pain and sufferring
Mercy killing or Euthanasia
It is regarded as merciful release of an individual from an incurable sickness
Mercy killing or Euthanasia
He described euthanasia as a process of inducing a painless death of a person who is severely debilitated for reasons assumed to be merciful either voluntary, non voluntary and involuntary
Herbert Hendin
An individual give consent to subject their selves to a painless death
Voluntary Euthanasia
Conducted when the permission of the patient to perform the process is unavailable in cases of the patient under comatose or neonates born with serious defects
Non Voluntary Euthanasia
When an individual does not give his/her consent to euthanasia
Involuntary Euthanasia
It is the philosophy of doing what is right
Professional Ethics
It is necessary in maintaining a healthy and productive work environment
Professional ethics
It guides individuals in dealing with issues and conflicts in order for the workplace to remain functional
Professional ethics
Serves as a guiding principle in the ethical practice of a profession
Code of Ethics
Also known as the Newborn Screening Act of 2004
RA 9275
RA 9275
Newborn Screening Act of 2004
A simple procedure to determine whether the baby has congenital metabolic disorder that may lead to mental retardation and even death if left untreated
Newborn Screening
Newborn Screening is done on the
48 hours or atleast 24 hours from birth
The baby must screen again after _____ for more accurate result
2 weeks
Who can collect sample on newborn for newborn screening?
Physician, Medical technologist, nurse and midwife
What are the disorders associated in Newborn Screening?
Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Galactosemia (GAL)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (G6PD Def)
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
Prevalence in Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
1:3350
Treatment for Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
Thyroxine
What will be the result if the newborn with Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) left untreated
Poor growth
Mental retardation
Deafness
Neurological abnormalities
It is caused by abnormalities in specific enzymes of the adrenal gland
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are caused by the lack of enzyme _______
steroid 21-hydroxylase
Prevalence of Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
1:13500
What will be the result of the newborn when left untreated with Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
Vomiting
Severe dehydration
Increased production of androgens can result in _______ infants
Ambiguous genitalia
Prevalence of Galactosemia (GAL)
1:60,000
Galactosemia (GAL) is due to deficiency in _____ ezyme needed to breakdown the milk sugar lactose
GALT (Galactose -1-phosphate uridyl transferase
What will be the result of the newborn when left untreated with Galactosemia (GAL)
Life threatening galactosemia
Mental retardation
Blindness
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is due to the lack of _______, the enzymes that converts amino acid phenylalanine into tyrosine
phenylalanine hydroxylase
Prevalence in Phenylketonuria (PKU)
1:20,000
What will be the result of the newborn when left untreated with Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Brain damage
Mental retardation
An act promulgating a comprehensive policy and a national system for ensuring newborn screening
RA 9288
The national newborn screening shall ensure that every baby born in the Philippines is offerred the opportunity to undergo newborn screening and thus be spared from heritable conditions that can lead to mental retardation and even death if undetected or untreated
RA 9288
Establish and integrate a sustainable newborn screening system within the public health delivery system
RA 9288
Ensures that parents recognizes their responsibility in promoting their child’s right to health and full development, by protecting their child from preventable causes of disability and death through newborn screening
RA 9288
Moral relativism
Ethical relativism
School of ethics achored on the principle that morality is relative to the norms of a particular culture
Ethical relativisim
Philosophical approach or movement that began on 1870
Ethical pragmatism
