NURSING

BIOETHICS
DEFINITION

DATE: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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NURSING
BIOETHICS
DEFINITION

DATE: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

3specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology,
anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
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