PRINCIPLES OF BIOETHICS Flashcards
refers to the expression of one’s responsibility to take care, nurture, and cultivate
what has been entrusted to him. Stewardship consists in the practical recognition that man is not
the absolute master of himself or of his possessions. He has received every gift and grace from
God. He must use them in a responsible manner to promote the interest of God
Stewardship
Our body is not ours; it is God’s.
Primarily, man must be a steward of gift of life along with other possessions God has shared with
him. Life is part of God’s creation seen to be very good in its nature. As a steward, man does not
have absolute ownership of his life in the sense that he can do whatever he wishes without
corresponding responsibility before God.
We must not go beyond what is mandated by the principle of stewardship.
The goodness of life pertains to its protection, promotion, and development in keeping with its
very nature
Personal Stewardship
Individuals can serve as stewards to advance community wellbeing,
and stewardship is best accomplished when we work together across differences and sectors to
expand the vital conditions that all people and places need to thrive
Social Stewardship
- Stewardship is caring for the gifts God has given us which includes
the ENVIRONMENT, our own personal talents, and other resources
Environmental stewardship conserves natural resources, combats pollution, and protects
biodiversity, but most importantly, it means that we should protect and sustain our environment
for future generations.
Ecological Stewardship
The execution of responsibility of the health care practitioners
to look after, provide necessary health care services, and promote the health and life of those
entrusted to their care
Stewardship in Healthcare
with the exercise of duties and obligations to uphold the goodness of
human life as God’s creation:
○ Treat human life with utmost care and protect it from harm
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○ Make all healthcare facilities and technologies serve the well-being of patients and
prevent infliction of unnecessary pains
○ Respect life from the moment of conception until its natural expiration and defend
it from any unnatural proceedings meant to contradict its nature and destroy
dignity.
Just and Honest w
States that anatomical completeness must not be sacrificed without proportional
justification
Maintaining basic human capacities
PRINCIPLE OF TOTALITY AND INTEGRITY
The whole implies the existence of its parts. The existence of parts indicates the existence
of the whole. Parts should continuously be connected with the whole.
If the part becomes problematic and it affects the whole, it has to be treated in order to
restore its mode of existence as part of the whole. However, if the state of condition and
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continuous existence as part pose a threat to do more harm than good leading to the
destruction of the whole and that there is no other means, the principle of totality provides
that it can be removed and sacrifice for the sake of the whole.
To preserve the whole which is far greater than its parts.
TOTALITY
One should act in good faith, intellectual honesty, and fairness.
You take responsibility for your own actions, decisions and their consequences
INTEGRITY
Medical or dental specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques
on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help
improve bodily function or appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
Surgery -
- Any technique that renders one sterile or unable to exercise the power to
reproduce during sexual intercourse.
. Sterilization
directly willed, e.g. vasectomy, ligation
Direct
- not willfully employed, e.g. surgical removal of ovaries or testicles
. Indirect
- brings about provisionary and reversible sterility, e.g. oral and
hormonal contraceptives
Temporary
creates irreversible and lasting sterility, e.g. hysterectomy,
oophorectomy, salpingectomy
. Permanent
