PRINCIPLE OF

TOTALITY
AND
INTEGRITY
A moral principle explaining
that:
The human body is an integral part of the human person
and is therefore worthy of human dignity. It must be kept
whole. No body part should be removed, mangled or
dibilitated unless doing so is necessary for the health of a
more essential body part or the body as a whole.

An unessential or redundant body part may be removed

for the good of another person.

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To promote human dignity, every person
must develop, use, care for, and preserve
all of his or her natural physical and
psychic functions in such a way that:
a) Lower functions are never sacrificed except for the
better functioning of the whole person and even then
with an effort to compensate for this sacrifice.

b) The basic capacities that define human personhood are

never sacrificed unless this is necessary to preserve life.

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ETHICO MORAL
RESPONSIBILITIE
S OF NURSES IN
SURGERY

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Formal External
Responsibility
is the responsibility that the patient will not be
exposed to risks, protecting the patient's body,
systematically planning and organizing work in
the surgical team.
Examples:
 Ensure that the patient is not
exposed to risks
 Protect the patient's body
 Systematically plan and organize
work in the surgical team
 Feel in and be responsive in the
situation

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Personal Ethical
Value
it is meant for confirming the patient as a person, caring for
the patient and preserving the patient's dignity. It suggests
that the operating theatre nurse must always have the
patient in mind.
Examples:
 Confirm the patient as a person
 To care for the patient
 To preserve patient's dignity

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Sterilization
Mutilation

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Sterilization
the rendering of something free from viable
microorganisms (as by the use of steam or dry heat).
Sterilization destroys all microorganisms on the
surface of an article or in a fluid to prevent disease
transmission associated with the use of that item.

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Examples:
▪ Steam Sterilization
▪ Flash Sterilization
▪ Low-Temperature Sterilization Technologies
▪ Ethylene Oxide “Gas” Sterilization
▪ Peracetic Acid Sterilization

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Mutilation
an act or instance of destroying, removing, or
severely damaging a limb or other body part of a
person or animal

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Preservation of
Bodily Functional
Integrity
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“ The principle of bodily integrity sums
up the right of each human being,
including children, to autonomy and
self-determination over their own body.
It considers an unconsented physical
intrusion as a human rights violation.

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