NURSING

BIOETHICS
Kim Regino M.Calimlim | | 7-3-18
Definitions

1.ETHICS- moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an

activity.

2.Bioethics-is a branch of "applied ethics" and requires the expertise of people working in
a wide range disciplines including: law, philosophy, theology, medicine, the life sciences,
nursing and social science.

3.Health Ethics- is the branch of ethics that deals with ethical issues in health, health care,
medicine and science. It involves discussions about treatment choices and care options
that. individuals, families, and health care providers must face.
4.Nursing Ethics-is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the
field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as
beneficence, non-maleficence and respect for autonomy.

5.Biology-the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover
their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

BIOETHICAL ISSUES

A.Abortion-the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed

during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.

B. Suicide-the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.

C.Determination of Death-An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation
of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the
entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead.

D.In Vitro Fertilization-a medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test
tube or elsewhere outside the body.

E.Stem Cell Technology-is a rapidly developing field that combines the efforts of cell
biologists, geneticists, and clinicians and offers hope of effective treatment for a variety of
malignant and non-malignant diseases.

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