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BIOETHICS Flashcards

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a branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles

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Bioethics

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all about individuals search for meaning while dealing with human problems

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Bioethics

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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

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Article 2 Section 12 of the 1987 Constitution

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Other term for Mercy killing

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Euthanasia

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Practice of ending life intetionally in situations where an individual is terminally ill to relieve that person’s pain and sufferring

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Mercy killing or Euthanasia

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It is regarded as merciful release of an individual from an incurable sickness

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Mercy killing or Euthanasia

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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

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Herbert Hendin

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An individual give consent to subject their selves to a painless death

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Voluntary Euthanasia

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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

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Non Voluntary Euthanasia

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When an individual does not give his/her consent to euthanasia

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Involuntary Euthanasia

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It is the philosophy of doing what is right

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Professional Ethics

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It is necessary in maintaining a healthy and productive work environment

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Professional ethics

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It guides individuals in dealing with issues and conflicts in order for the workplace to remain functional

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Professional ethics

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Serves as a guiding principle in the ethical practice of a profession

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Code of Ethics

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Also known as the Newborn Screening Act of 2004

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RA 9275

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RA 9275

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Newborn Screening Act of 2004

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A simple procedure to determine whether the baby has congenital metabolic disorder that may lead to mental retardation and even death if left untreated

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Newborn Screening

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Newborn Screening is done on the

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48 hours or atleast 24 hours from birth

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The baby must screen again after _____ for more accurate result

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2 weeks

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Who can collect sample on newborn for newborn screening?

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Physician, Medical technologist, nurse and midwife

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What are the disorders associated in Newborn Screening?

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Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Galactosemia (GAL)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (G6PD Def)
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)

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Prevalence in Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)

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1:3350

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Treatment for Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)

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Thyroxine

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What will be the result if the newborn with Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) left untreated

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Poor growth
Mental retardation
Deafness
Neurological abnormalities

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It is caused by abnormalities in specific enzymes of the adrenal gland

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are caused by the lack of enzyme _______

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steroid 21-hydroxylase

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Prevalence of Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

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1:13500

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What will be the result of the newborn when left untreated with Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

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Vomiting
Severe dehydration

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Increased production of androgens can result in _______ infants

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Ambiguous genitalia

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Prevalence of Galactosemia (GAL)

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1:60,000

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Galactosemia (GAL) is due to deficiency in _____ ezyme needed to breakdown the milk sugar lactose

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GALT (Galactose -1-phosphate uridyl transferase

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What will be the result of the newborn when left untreated with Galactosemia (GAL)

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Life threatening galactosemia
Mental retardation
Blindness

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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is due to the lack of _______, the enzymes that converts amino acid phenylalanine into tyrosine

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phenylalanine hydroxylase

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Prevalence in Phenylketonuria (PKU)

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1:20,000

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What will be the result of the newborn when left untreated with Phenylketonuria (PKU)

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Brain damage
Mental retardation

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An act promulgating a comprehensive policy and a national system for ensuring newborn screening

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RA 9288

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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

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RA 9288

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Establish and integrate a sustainable newborn screening system within the public health delivery system

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RA 9288

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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

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RA 9288

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Moral relativism

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Ethical relativism

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School of ethics achored on the principle that morality is relative to the norms of a particular culture

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Ethical relativisim

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Philosophical approach or movement that began on 1870

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Ethical pragmatism

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