ETHICS AND HEALTH CARE 3 Flashcards
most pressing medical needs.
PRINCIPLE OF MEDICAL NEEDS
most helpless or
generally neediest in an attempt to bring them nearly as possible to
the level of well-being equal to that enjoyed by others.
PRINCIPLE OF GENERAL NEEDNESS
gives priority to those who
arrive first.
PRINCIPLE OF FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS
those selected by
chance or random.
PRINCIPLE OF RANDOM SELECTION
those selected by
chance or random.
PRINCIPLE OF RANDOM SELECTION
refers to a certain sense of pain or discomfort
necessarily associated with one’s submission for health care
intervention.
Due burden
what kind of burden?
buying medicines at the pharmacy as prescribed, the pain
brought about by intravenous insertion and injection
due burden
refers to a certain sense of pain or discomfort
brought about by a certain medical, experimental or surgical
proceeding which is of no direct benefit to the subject. It may be
deemed unnecessary as far as the subject is concerned.
undue burden
what kind of burden
donation of one’s organ, paying for somebody else’s hospital
bil
undue burden
cum means
with
operari which means
to work
what principle pertains to the evil of an action
shared together by individuals in the achievement of an evil
practice whose culpability may vary according to the gravity of
the act partaken.
PRINCIPLE OF COOPERATION
wbat kind of cooperation ?
consists of an explicit intention and willingness for the evil act. The one formally cooperating categorically wills and intends
the evil action
formal cooperation
consists of an act other than the evil act itself but
facilitates and contributes to its achievement. The one materially
cooperating may provide means apart from the evil act itself which is
used to carry out the performance of an evil act.
material cooperation
what kind of cooperation consists of direct participation in the performance of
an evil act. The one directly cooperating gets involved by openly and
straightforwardly taking part in the practice of an evil action.
direct cooperation