Autonomy

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
AUTONOMY
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Autonomy
Is derived from the Greek words "autos" meaning self and
"nomos" meaning governance or rule.
Autonomy does not apply to individuals who lack the
capacity to act autonomously.
Infants
Children
Developmental disorder
Mental disorder
Physical disorder
PATIENT'S RIGHTS
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Patient's rights are those basic rule of conduct between
patients and medical caregivers as well as the institutions
that provide medical help.
Patient's rights
1. Right to appropriate medical care and humane treatment.
2. Right to informed consent.
3. Right to privacy and confidentiality.
4. Right to information.
5. Right to choose healthcare provider and facility.
6. Right to self determination.
7. Right to religious belief.
8. Right to medical records.
9. Right to leave.
10. Right to correspondence and to receive visitors.
11. Right to express grievances.
12. right to be informed of his rights and obligations as patient.
1. Right to Appropriate Medical Care and Humane
Treatment.

Every person has a right to health and medical care

corresponding to his state of health, without any
discrimination and within the limits of the resources,
manpowerand competence available for health and
medical care at the relevant time
2. Right to Informed Consent. - The patient has a right to a
clear, truthful and substantial explanation, in a manner and
language understandable to the patient, of all proposed
procedures, wherein the person who will perform the said
procedure shall provide his name and credentials to the
patient, possibilities of any risk of mortality or serious side
effects, problems related to recuperation, and probability of
success and reasonable risks involved.
3. Right to Privacy and Confidentiality.
The patient has the right to demand that all information,

communication and records pertaining to his care be
treated as confidential. Any health care provider or
practitioner involved in the treatment of a patient and all
those who have legitimate access to the patient's record is
not authorized to divulge any information to a third party
who has no concern with the care and welfare of the
patient without his consent.
4. Right to Information.
In the course of his/her treatment and hospital care, the

patient or his/her legal guardian has a right to be informed
of the result of the evaluation of the nature and extent of
his/her disease, any other additional or further
contemplated medical treatment on surgical procedure or
procedures, including any other additional medicines to be
administered.
5. The Right to Choose Health Care Provider and Facility.
The patient is free to choose the health care provider to

serve him as well as the facility except when he is under
the care of a service facility or when public health and
safety so.
6. Right to Self-Determination. The patient has the right to
avail himself/herself of any recommended diagnostic and
treatment procedures.Any person of legal age and of sound
mind may make an advance written directive for physicians
to administer terminal care when he/she suffers from the
terminal phase of a terminal illness: Provided That a) he is
informed of the medical consequences of his choice; b) he
releases those involved in his care from any obligation
relative to the consequences of his decision; c) his decision
will not prejudice public health and safety.
7. Right to Religious Belief.
The patient has the right to refuse medical treatment or

procedures which may be contrary to his religious beliefs,
subject to the limitations.
8. Right to Medical Records.
The patient is entitled to a summary of his medical history
and condition.He has the right to view the contents of his
medical records, except psychiatric notes and other
incriminatory information obtained about third parties, with
the attending physician explaining contents thereof.
9. Right to Leave.
The patient has the right to leave hospital or any other
health care institution regardless of his physical condition:
Provided. That a) he/she is informed of the medical
consequences of his/her decisions b) he/she releases
those involved in his/her care from any obligation relative
to the consequences of his decision; c) his/her decision will
not prejudice public health and safety.
10. RIght to Correspondence and to Receive Visitors.
The patient has the right to communicate with relatives and

other persons and to receive visitors subject to reasonable
limits prescribed by the rules and regulations of the health
care institution.
11. Right to Express Grievances.
The patient has the right to express complaints and

grievances about the care and services received without
fear of discrimination or reprisal and to know about the
disposition of such complaints
12. RIght to be Informed of His Rights and Obligations as a
Patient.
It shall be the duty of health care institutions to inform of

their rights as well as of the institution's rules and
regulations that apply to the conduct of the patient while in
the care of such institution.
Patient's Bills of Right
Jogiebee Bernandino
Patient's Bills of Right
This procedure guarantees that the medical system is just
and effective in meeting patients' demands. Enables
patients to address any issues they might be experiencing.
Helps people become or remain active participants in their
own health.
Jogiebee Bernandino
The key areas related to patient rights within the medical
office.
1. The Right to Emergency Treatment
2. The Right to Respect
3. The Right to Refuse Treatment
4. The Right to Privacy
5. The Right to Appeal
6. Patient Responsibilities
Jogiebee Bernandino
Right to informed consent:
Jogiebee Bernandino
Right to informed consent:
A method where patients receive crucial information about
a medical procedure or therapy, genetic testing, or a
clinical trial, including potential risks and benefits. This will
enable individuals to select whether they wish to receive
treatment, be tested, or participate in the test.
Jogiebee Bernandino
Valid informed consent has 3
requirements
- It must be voluntary
- It must be informed
- The individual must be capable of giving consent
Jogiebee Bernandino
CONFIDENTIALITY
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CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidential from the Latin word, confidence, which means

"to trust". In this context refers to the medical or
professional secrecy in which certain information.
Example: secret finding is committed to a physician in an

official capacity for the sake of medical assistance.
The moral issue of confidentiality arises if and when there
is a conflict between the interest of the individual and
interest of society.
The legal obligation enjoins them to report the names of

the patients who are carriers of communicable diseases.
Four Conditions may be cited to justify the violation of
confidentiality
1. Keeping the secret would be detrimental to the common good.

2. When the subject of the secret intends to inflict grave injury
upon an innocent.
3. When it is necessary for the one keeping the secret to avoid
grave injury.
4. When it is necessary for the subject of the secret to avert grave
injury.
Proxy consent/ legally accepted
representative
-Proxy consent process by which people with the legal

right to consent to medical treatment for themselves or a
minor or ward delegate that right to another person.

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ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

Every person has a right to health and medical care

The patient has the right to demand that all information,

In the course of his/her treatment and hospital care, the

The patient is free to choose the health care provider to

The patient has the right to refuse medical treatment or

The patient has the right to communicate with relatives and

The patient has the right to express complaints and

It shall be the duty of health care institutions to inform of

Confidential from the Latin word, confidence, which means

Example: secret finding is committed to a physician in an

The legal obligation enjoins them to report the names of

1. Keeping the secret would be detrimental to the common good.

-Proxy consent process by which people with the legal

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