Moral and ethical issues in biomedical engineering

Moral and ethical issues in biomedical engineering

1. Morals

   • The diference between morals and ethics is that the moral is something more personal and implies the next evaluative terms:
     • Good
     • Bad
     • Right
     • Wrong
     • Ought
     • Ought not
     • Some of the examples of moral judgments are:
       • Stealing is wrong
       • Voluntary euthanasia should not be legalized
       • Everyone ought to have acces to an education
       • The abort is good
       • The abort is bad

2. Ethics

   • The ethics is something more general, it is a generalization about what is:
     • Good
     • Bad
     • Right
     • Wrong
     • Virtue
     • Vice
     • This is a standar and it is the common consensus about what is wrong, whats bad, and what is the best way to solve a ethic problem

3. The code of ethics in BE

   • Because of the necessity of have some norms that guide us into a professional ethics, the next rule was promulgated:
     • *Accurately represent my level ofresponsibility,authority, experience, knowledge, and education.
     • Strive to prevent a person from being placed at risk due to the use of technology
     • Reveal conflicts of interest that may affect information provided or receive
     • Respect the confidentiality of information
     • Work toward improving the delivery of health care
     • Work toward the containment of costs by the better management and utilization of technology
     • Promote the profession of clinical engineering

4. Beneficence

   • The benficene is something that we need to consider when we deal with a problem.The beneficence could be defined in a few words like:
     • Make all the possible to make the best for patients and give benefits to them all that we can

5. nonmaleficence

   • The nonmaleficence is another aspect that we need to consider in a ethical dilema, and could be defined in few words like:
     • Don't make ineccesary harm to the patient, we need to save the most we can and don't make a procedure if it is not necessary

6. Conclusion: It is necessary to know the diference between morals and ethics, because that are not the same, and know the ethics code in our area: Biomedical engineering because we need to know what to do in certain cases or almost have a guide to act in a good and ethic way

7. Personal Data:

   • Name: Sebastian Mariñelarena Loya
   • Group:5IB1
   • Date: 24/11/2022
   • Uach ID: 351854

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