BIOETHICS PART 2 STUDY GUIDE

Sept. 15, 2020

Apolonio, Justin C.

Section A Healthcare Ethics

1. Video title “Bioethics at the Bedside”-10pts

a. Explain how Bioethics came about or what different scenarios in healthcare gave rise
to Bioethics?
- Bioethics rose from those who were abused and not given autonomy by the
healthcare system. It is due to the abuse that people demanded a code of conduct
that is to be practiced by the healthcare system to give a fair and humane treatment
to clients.

2. Video title “Bioethics and the Human Body” 10 pts

a. Explain based from this lecture “what is disability”? 5pts
- Disability depends relatively to a certain environment a person is in. A person is able
if the environment enables him, while a person is disabled if his environment
disables him.

b. Share 5 practices or innovations done to human body that has become a bioethical
concern? 5pts
- Enhanced body modifications (Cybernetic modifications)
- Manual genetic selection
- Genetic enhancement
- Cloning
- Splicing

3. Video title “Bioethics Across Borders” 20 pts

a. Give 5 common practices associated with Medical Tourism. 5pts
- Cosmetic surgery
- Bypass surgery
- Stem Cell Treatment
- Cataract surgery
- Post-Baby cosmetic procedures
 b. Discuss at least 5 advantages and or disadvantages of Medical Tourism. 10pts
Disadvantages
- Ethical differences
- Law differences
Advantages
- International Medical Collaborations
- Information sharing
- Technological innovations

c. How do you feel about medical tourism? Are you in favor of it or not? Support your
answer. 5pts
- I am very much in favor of Medical Tourism because this enables people to gain
access to medical care which may not be present in their own countries. This also
serves as a bridge that promotes collaboration from different countries for the
betterment healthcare.

4. Video title “ Bioethics and Justice” 10 pts

a. Based from this lecture what does justice in Bioethics mean? 5
- In this video, Justice in Bioethics means equal opportunity to the fundamental goods
of membership in the society that one lives in.

b. In relation to allocation of limited and scarce resources, how can you contribute or
What can we do to mitigate harm to the world?5pts
- What we can do as contribution to the world is making use of our skills in serving
people. That way, we can help in our own way to the society and the world.