PASARA NI PLS BOBETA Flashcards
Ethics is derived from the Ancient Greek word __________ which means the
“theory of things” or “way of living”.
Ethos
Ethics is also derived from the old French word
Ethique
Ethics is also derived from the late latin word which means “of or for morals, moral, or expressing character”;
Ethica
Types of Ethics
- Meta-ethics
- Applied
- Normative
-seeks the use of ethical reasons for the things or events that have happened or
have been happening as the will of the Almighty God
-It literally means ethics
far beyond the physical world, that is the rule of power and the will of Almighty
God over human reasoning
Meta-Ethics
-Ethics is applied in various fields and in real-life situations. Various
subdisciplines of applied ethics have been created.
-They include
environmental, medical, social, and business ethics.
Applied Ethics
Bridges the gap between meta-ethics and applied ethics and attempts to
establish that an act is right from wrong or distinguish a good act from a bad
one
Normative Ethics
Both are applied ethics.
Bioethics and medical ethics
is a combination of ethical theory and various disciplines such as
medicine, law, social sciences, philosophy, and the like to address the ethical
issues of clinical decision-making and medical research.
Bioethics
deals with moral values and decisions as they are applied to
medicine
Medical Ethics
Main
Principles of
Bioethics
- Beneficience
- Non Malificence
- Respect for autonomy
- Justice
the principle of doing an action that
benefits others
Beneficience
the avoidance of doing harm to
others.
Non Malificence
the act of respecting the
decision of others.
respect of autonomy
the application of legal ethics in medical
technology professional practices.
Justice
are numerous ethical issues in the field of medicine that
are perceived to be controversial.
Bioethical issues
s the termination of a pregnancy at any time within the 9-month period
prior to childbirth
Abortion
Risks of Abortion
Physical Risks
- Excessive bleeding
- Infection
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
is the practice of ending a life intentionally, usually in situations when the
individual is terminally ill, to relieve him or her of pain and suffering
Euthanasia
is when an individual gives consent to subject himself or
herself to painless death.
Voluntary euthanasia
is conducted when the permission of the patient to
perform the process is unavailable, like in the case of patient in a deep comatose, or
neonates born with major birth defects.
Non voluntary euthanasia
is when the individual does not give his or her consent.
Involuntary euthanisa
method or act of preventing the fertilization of
a female’s egg cell inside a woman’s body before and during sexual
intercourse through various ways such as the use of condoms, spermicides,
contraceptive pills, coitus interruptus, intrauterine devices, and the
calendar method
Contraception
comprises all procedures that involve partial or total
removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for
non-medical reasons
Female genital mutilation
