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BASICS OF PHILIPPINE
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
AND ETHICS
2010 EDITION
JOSUE N. BELLOSILLO
BU C. CASTRO
EMMANUEL LJ. MAPILI
ALBERT D. REBOSA
ANTONIO D. REBOSA
Published by
CENTRAL BOOK SUPPLY, INC.
927 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
Philippines
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword/in
Preface/vii
AcknowledgmentsI-a.
Chapter 1
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
1.1. Medical Jurisprudence defined/l
1.2. Distinction with legal and forensic medicine/2
1.3. The law of Hippocrates/3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
1.7.
1.8.
Responsibilities to patientI \
Responsibilities to the profession / 6
Responsibilities to colleagues/l
Responsibilities to society11
Responsibilities to allied health professionals I %
Medical law/9
History of Philippine medical law/ll
Place of law in the medical profession/ll
Functions of the law in medicine/12
Sources of law/13
1.
2.
3.
4.
Statutory lawI Xh
Constitutional lawI '13
Administrative law/13
Common Iaw/l3
IX
Table of Contents
1.9
Classification of law/14
1. Public lawI '16
(a)
(b)
Criminal law/16
International law/16
(i)
(ii)
(c)
Public international law116
Private international law/16
Political law/16
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Constitutional law/16
Administrative law/11
I ^ w of public administration/XI
J^zw of public corporation / \1
2. Private law/Yl
(a)
(b)
(c)
Civil law/\1
Commercial law/\l
Remedial law/Yl
1.10. Medical legislation/18
1.11. Medical ethics/18
1.12. Common legal terms/18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Torts/li
Deposition/is
Plaintiff/18
Defendant/18
Defamation/\%
Expert witness/18
GcW Samaritan LMW/19
Interrogatory/19
Malpractice/ '19
Negligence/19
Table of Contents
11. Proximate cause/19
12. Reasonable care/19
Chapter 2
REGULATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
2.1. Basis of state regulation/20
2.2. Constitutional basis/20
2.3. Statutory basis/21
2.4. Reason for regulation/22
2.5. Warranties in the practice of medicine/23
Chapter 3
MEDICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
IN THE PHILIPPINES
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)/25
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
AND ETHICS
2010 EDITION
JOSUE N. BELLOSILLO
BU C. CASTRO
EMMANUEL LJ. MAPILI
ALBERT D. REBOSA
ANTONIO D. REBOSA
Published by
CENTRAL BOOK SUPPLY, INC.
927 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
Philippines
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword/in
Preface/vii
AcknowledgmentsI-a.
Chapter 1
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
1.1. Medical Jurisprudence defined/l
1.2. Distinction with legal and forensic medicine/2
1.3. The law of Hippocrates/3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
1.7.
1.8.
Responsibilities to patientI \
Responsibilities to the profession / 6
Responsibilities to colleagues/l
Responsibilities to society11
Responsibilities to allied health professionals I %
Medical law/9
History of Philippine medical law/ll
Place of law in the medical profession/ll
Functions of the law in medicine/12
Sources of law/13
1.
2.
3.
4.
Statutory lawI Xh
Constitutional lawI '13
Administrative law/13
Common Iaw/l3
IX
Table of Contents
1.9
Classification of law/14
1. Public lawI '16
(a)
(b)
Criminal law/16
International law/16
(i)
(ii)
(c)
Public international law116
Private international law/16
Political law/16
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Constitutional law/16
Administrative law/11
I ^ w of public administration/XI
J^zw of public corporation / \1
2. Private law/Yl
(a)
(b)
(c)
Civil law/\1
Commercial law/\l
Remedial law/Yl
1.10. Medical legislation/18
1.11. Medical ethics/18
1.12. Common legal terms/18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Torts/li
Deposition/is
Plaintiff/18
Defendant/18
Defamation/\%
Expert witness/18
GcW Samaritan LMW/19
Interrogatory/19
Malpractice/ '19
Negligence/19
Table of Contents
11. Proximate cause/19
12. Reasonable care/19
Chapter 2
REGULATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
2.1. Basis of state regulation/20
2.2. Constitutional basis/20
2.3. Statutory basis/21
2.4. Reason for regulation/22
2.5. Warranties in the practice of medicine/23
Chapter 3
MEDICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
IN THE PHILIPPINES
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)/25
Bibliography: 699 Glossary/104 Index /719 —oOo— xlii