Prelims

A. State the bioethical principles alluded to in the following statements taken from the
Original Nightingale Pledge
1. I will abstain from whatever deleterious and mischievous..
2. I will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug
3. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession
4. I will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping
B. Based on the ethical principles you earned, defend your answers on the following
issues:
1. Should the lives of the aged and the ailing persons be prolonged?
2. Should defective foetuses be allowed to live?
3. Should children born with genetic defects be saved or aided to die
4. In order to install a better society definitely constitutes of healthy citizen, should
new techniques of reproduction be introduced
(Note: above are topics from a conference entitled Giant issues of Conscience in
modern medicine)
C. In the Hippocratic Oath, explain the following state ethical principles if appropriate.
1. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures that are required, avoiding
those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism
2. I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to
me that the world may know
3. What is disparagement?
With the current reproductive technology sex selection is possible. Thru pre
implantation method, post implantation or post birth. What can you say about sex
selection?
4. Are rape victims justified to about their unborn babies?
5. Are you in favour of embryonic stem cell technology? Differentiate this from
umbilical stem cell.
6. What are the advantages of the principle paternalism in the health care profession?

Eto na po yung last assignment natin for bioethics. Ilalagay po sa yellow pad. Kahapon lng po
naibgay sakin .. sorry if now ko lng naibgay.. paki sagutan daw po lahat .. coz dto daw babase
nimam grades natin.. sabe nia last nadaw yan and pwede na tayu mag pa complete thank
you