This document discusses the nature of medical technology and ethics. It defines medical technology as the application of science to improve disease detection, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. The document also outlines the roles and responsibilities of medical technology professionals such as performing tests, ensuring accurate results, and upholding confidentiality. Additionally, it examines the concepts of ethics, morality, and relativism and how they relate to issues in various professions including abortion, euthanasia and genetic engineering.

1. Nature of Medical
Technology
Andrea Nicole Justol, RMT, MLS (ASCPi)

2. Nature of Medical
Technology
• Connection between science and
technology

3. Nature of Medical
Technology
• Science – primarily concerned with the
study of the natural world and the
interrelationship among the biological,
psychological and even the social world.

4. Nature of Medical
Technology
• Technology – application of science
in ways that are considered beneficial
to the society.

5. Nature of Medical
Technology
• Medical Technology – is designed to
improve the detection, diagnosis,
treatment, and monitoring of diseases.

6. Nature of Medical
Technology
• Clinical Laboratory Testing
• Clinical Laboratory Scientist

7. Roles and Responsibilities of
Medical Technology Professionals
1. Perform Clinical Laboratory Testing
2. Perform Special Procedures
3. Ensure Accuracy and Precision of Results
4. Be Honest in Practice
5. Ensure Timely Delivery of Results
6. Demonstrate Professionalism
7. Uphold Confidentiality
8. Collaborate with Other Health Care Professionals
9. Conduct Research
10. Involvement in Health Promotion Programs

8. Defining the Practice of
Other Laboratory Personnel
1. Pathologist
2. Medical Laboratory Technicians
3. Phlebotomist
4. Cytotechnologist
5. Histotechnologist
6. Nuclear Medical Technologist
7. Toxicologist

9. Human Existence and
Ethics
Andrea Nicole Justol, RMT, MLS (ASCPi)

10. Human Existence and
Ethics
• Ethics is the moral code that guides how
an individual should behave.
• It deals with moral principles.
• Ethics is also about the individual’s search
for meaning while dealing with human
problems.

11. Human Existence and
Ethics
• Human beings are logical beings but human existence is
inexplicable. At the moment a person is born, he or she
begins to suffer and will continue to suffer until death.
(Timbreza, 1993)
• To have been born human is tragic because life is a
perpetual process of making sense of the absurdity of
one’s existence.
• Making sense of the meaning of human existence
throughout history has brought about many developments
in the study of ethics.

12. Human Existence and
Ethics
• In many cases ethics can be connected to
morality.
• Morality can be viewed in different
perspectives – as a law, as an inner
conviction, as love, as personal growth,
and as social transformation.

13. Ethical Relativism
• Moral relativism – school of ethics
anchored on the principle that morality is
relative to the norms of a particular culture.
• It is a theory based on norms relative to a
particular culture or society.

14. Moral Issues
•Abortion
•Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)
•Genetic Engineering

15. Professional Ethics
• Ethics covers the philosophy of doing what is right.
• Professional ethics covers the morally accepted behavior
of individuals in the workplace.
• The code of ethics of a particular profession serve as the
guiding principle in the ethical practice of a profession.
• Professionalism in the workplace is necessary in
maintaining a healthy and productive work environment.
• Professional ethics guide individuals in dealing with
issues and conflicts in the workplace in order for them to
remain functional.