Introduction to Ethics

1. School of Medical and Allied Sciences
Course Code: BMLS1005 Course Name: Medical Law & Ethics
Faculty Name: A. Vamsi Kumar Program Name: B.Sc. MLT
UNIT -1
Topic
Introduction to Medical law & Ethics

2. Sem – 1 Course overview
Sl. No
Course Code Name of the Course
Faculty Name
1 BMLS1001 Introduction to National Healthcare Delivery System in India D. Srinivasa Rao
2 BMLS1002 BASic computers and information Science
Ms. Heena Kharna
3 BLLUCT1001 Professional Communication –1 Priyanka
4 BMLS1004 Medical Terminology, Record keeping A. Sankar
5 BMLS1005 Medical Law and Ethics A. Vamsi Kumar
6 BMLS1006 Introduction to Quality and Patient safety A. Vamsi Kumar
7 BMLS1007 Professionalism and values A. Vamsi Kumar
8 BMLS1009
Principals of Management with special reference to Medical Laboratory
Science (MLS) management D. Srinivasa Rao
9 BMLS1010 Community orientation and clinical visit D. Srinivasa Rao
10 BMLS1051 BASic computers and information Science – Practical Ms. Heena Kharna
11 BMLS1053 Medical Terminology, Record keeping - practical A. Sankar
12 BMLS1054 Introduction to Quality and Patient safety - practical A. Vamsi Kumar
13 BMLS1056
Principals of Management with special reference to Medical Laboratory
Science (MLS) management-Practical P. Yashwanth
14 BLEUCT1002 Creative / Liberal Arts Mr Santanu Mukerji
15 BCEUCT1002 WASte Management Dr. Shafat Ahmad Khan

3. Syllabus Overview
Unit 1
Medical ethics, Code of conduct Definition & Basic principles of medical
ethics
Number of
Lecture Hours
6
Medical ethics - Definition - Goal - Scope, Introduction to Code of conduct, Basic principles of medical
ethics – Confidentiality
Unit 2
Malpractice and negligence, Autonomy and informed consent & Care of
the terminally ill-
Number
of Lecture
Hours
6
Malpractice and negligence - Rational and irrational drug therapy, Autonomy and informed consent -
Right of patients, Care of the terminally ill- Euthanasia
Unit 3
Organ transplantation & Medico legal aspects of medical records Number
of Lecture
Hours
6
Organ transplantation, Medico legal aspects of medical records – Medico legal case and type- Records
and document related to MLC - ownership of medical records - Confidentiality Privilege communication
- Release of medical information - Unauthorized disclosure - retention of medical records - other
various aspects.
Unit 4
Professional Indemnity insurance policy Number of Lecture Hours 6
Development of standardized protocol to avoid near miss or sentinel events
Unit 5 Obtaining an informed consent. Number of Lecture Hours 6
Ethics in the profession of Medical Laboratory Science

4. Text Books
1 Apply their knowledge on medical ethics
2 Explain Organ transplantation & Medico legal aspects of medical records
3 Explain Organ transplantation & Medico legal aspects of medical records
4
5
Reference Textbooks

5. Prerequisite/Recaptulations

6. Course Outcomes
Course
Outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to,
1
Define Medical ethics, Code of conduct Definition & Basic principles of
medical ethics
K1
2
Outline what is Malpractice and negligence, Autonomy and informed consent
& Care of the terminally ill
K2
3 Explain Organ transplantation & Medico legal aspects of medical records K2
4 Build Professional Indemnity insurance policy K3
5 Make use of Obtaining an informed consent K3

7. Course Objectives
Course
Objectives
1 Outline Personal values & Attitude and behavior
2 Make use of Code of conduct
3 Identify Importance of team efforts

8. Introduction

9. Euthanasia

15. Mercy killing
“Good” “death”
“Painlessly killing the victim suffering from
some incurable disease, severe pain etc.
by himself or others specially when the
victim’s life is presumed to have become
unuseful”
▪ Passive Euthanasia is legal in India
▪ legal in – Albania, Netherlands,
Luxenburg

16. ❖ Active Euthanasia: positive act of killing
with drugs
❖ Passive Euthanasia: act of omission to
continue life sustaining measure
❖ Involuntary: patient in position to give
consent, but decision taken by relatives
and physician
❖ Non voluntary: patient not in a position
to give consent
❖ Voluntary/Physician assisted suicide:
with consent of the patient
Methods of Euthanasia

17. A story of Noa Pothoven

18. Video

19. Video

20. Chicken culling in poultries - PETA

23. Notes

24. Introduction

25. Definition of Ethics

26. Goal of Ethics

27. Law and medicine

28. Scope of Ethics

29. Ethics - signifies moral values
Medical ethics – moral principles
for registered medical practitioners
in their dealings with each other,
their patients and state
Medical ethics

31. Principles of Ethics
1. Autonomy
2. Beneficence
3. Confidentiality
4. Do-No-Harm
5. Justice

34. Ethics A,B,C,D & J
1.
2.

35. Ethics A,B,C,D & J
3. 4.

36. Ethics A,B,C,D & J
5.

37. 1.

39. 3. Confidentiality

40. 4.

41. 5.

42. References
https://www2.slideshare.net/drbharatpaul/medical-ethics-48927587
https://www2.slideshare.net/BabliGupta1/medical-ethics-51195269

43. YouTube videos
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAe4yIlDwI4&t=14s
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssOEJpBQErc