“Migrant Workers"refers to Filipinos who are to be engaged, are engaged, or have
been engagedin a remuneratedactivity in a State of which theyare notlegal residents,
whether documented or undocumented;
“Moro”refers to native peoples who havehistorically inhabited Mindanao, Palawan,
and Sulu, and whoarelargely of the Islamicfaith;
“Persons with Disabilities" refers to those who are suffering from restriction or
different abilities, as a result of a mental, physical, or sensory impairment, to perform
an activity in the manneror within the range considered normal for a human being
as defined in Republic Act No. 7277 as amended by Republic Act No. 9442, otherwise
knownas the “MagnaCarta for Disabled Persons;"
“SeniorCitizens" refers to those sixty (60) years of age and above. This term shall be
usedinterchangeably with elderly women, older women, or women seniorcitizens;
“Small Farmers and Rural Workers” refers to those who are engaged directly or
indirectly in small farms andforest areas, workers in commercial farmsandplantations,
whetherpaid or unpaid, regular or season-bound. Theseshall include, but are not
limited to: (a) small farmers who ownorarestill amortizing for lands not more than
three (3) hectares, tenants, leaseholders, and stewards; and (b) rural workers who
are either wageearners, self-employed, unpaid family workers directly and personally
engagedin agriculture, smallscale mining, handicrafts, and other related farm and
offfarm activities;
“Solo Parents” refers to those who fall under the category of a solo parent defined
under Republic Act No. 8972, otherwise known asthe “Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of
2000;"
10. “UrbanPoor"refers to thoseresiding in urban and urbanizable slum orblighted areas,
with or without the benefit of security of abode, wherethe incomeof the headof the
family cannotafford in a sustained mannerto provide for the family's basic needs of
food, health, education, housing, and otheressentialsinlife;
11. “Workers in the Formal Economy"refers to those who are employed by any person
acting directly orindirectly in the interest of an employerin relation to an employee and
shall include the governmentandall its branches, subdivisions, and instrumentalities,
all GOCCsandinstitutions, as well as non-profit private institutions or organizations;
12. “Workersin the Informal Economy"refers to selfemployed, occasionally or personally
hired, subcontracted, paid and unpaid family workers in household incorporated
and unincorporatedenterprises, including home workers, micro-entrepreneurs and
producers,and operatorsof sarisari stores and all other categories who suffer from
violation of workers’ rights; and
13. “Youth”refers to those persons whose agesrangefrom fifteen (15) to thirty (30) years
old as defined in Republic Act No. 8044, otherwise knownasthe “Youth in NationBuilding Act;”
2. “Medical Ethics” refers to a set of biomedical norms that abide by the principles of
autonomy orrespect for persons, justice, beneficence and non-maleficence. In order
to affirm autonomy, every effort must be madeto discuss treatment preferences with
patients and to document them in the patients’ charts. The principle of beneficence
requires service providers, other things being equal, to do goodor whatwill further the
patient's interest. The principle of non-maleficencerequires service providers, other things
being equal, to avoid harm to the patient, or what wouldbe againstthe patient's interests.
Justiceis the principle that requires distribution of goods and services, including medical
goodsandservices, and considers the following criteria: likelihood to benefit the patient,
urgencyof need, changein quality oflife, and duration of benefit. As used in these Rules
and Regulations, the term ethical shall relate to the foregoing definition;
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