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• THREE MAJOR ETHICAL PRINCIPLE

  • RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY
  • BENEFICENCE
  • JUSTICE
• RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY


  Freedom of Action
• Foster Care Act of 2012 (R.A. 10165)


  Provision of a planned temporary substitute parental care by a foster parent or family duly licensed by the DSWD to orphaned, abandoned and neglected children
• Eligibility for Foster Care

  • Abandoned
  • Not yet legally free for adoption
  • Sexual or physical abuse
  • Development and physical disabilty
• Requirements for Foster Parent


  • At least 25 years of age
  • 16 years older than the child
  • Financially and emotionally stable
  • With genuine interest in parenting a non-related child
  • Willing to help the child reunite with his/her birth family
• Violence Against Woman and Children Act


  Covers different kinds of abuse: physical, psychological or emotional, sexual, and economic
• The Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010


  Provides benefits such as 5% discount on water and electric bill, 20% discount on basic commodities, social pension, and zero PhilHealth contribution
• Generic Act Law(R.A. 6675)


  Mandates all government employees of hospitals as well as private practitioners to use generic terminology in all transactions
• Universal Accessible and Quality Medicine Act of 2008(R.A. 9502)


  An act providing for cheaper and quality medicine
• National Health Insurance Act of 2013(R.A. 7875)


  Establishes PhilHealth with the mandate to provide health insurance coverage and ensure affordable, acceptable, available and accessible health care services for all Filipinos, including no balance billing for kasambahay, indigent, sponsored, senior citizen and lifetime members
• National Blood Service Act(R.A. 7719)


  An act promoting voluntary blood donation, providing for an adequate supply of safe blood and regulating blood banks
• Provision of inform consent

  • Information
  • Comprehension
  • Willingness
• Autonomy 


  Acknowledge people's right to make choices for themselves based on their own  values and beliefs
• Beneficence 


  One ought to prevent and remove evil or harm; one ought to do and promote good
• Non-maleficence 


  One ought not to inflict evil or harm, where harm is understood as thwarting, defeating, or setting back some party's interests
• Justice 


  Treats other equally and fairly