BDLE051b Nursing Ethics

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
15/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Mikošková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Vaňharová, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course gives introduction to healthcare ethics. The aim of this course is: - to introduce students to healthcare ethics - to give information about ethical dilemmas in current medicine in connection with health care - to learn how to prevent problems respecting ethical proffessional standards
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction (Medical and health care ethics, terminology, history, methods) 2. Introduction to medical law, patient rights 3. Informed consent 4. Patient-physician relationship, patient-nurse relationship 5. Truth about diagnosis (ethics of cummunication) 6. Personal data protection in health care 7. Information and privacy procection, documentation, reserach 8. Transplantation ethics 9. Interruption (right to life, pro-life/pro-choice) 10. Ethics in assisted reproduction and prenatal diagnosis 11. Ethical problems in intensive care 12. Care of terminally ill and dying patients 13. Euthanasia, assisted suicidum 14. Ethics in biomedical research
Literature
  • Od narození do smrti : etické problémy v lékařství. Edited by David C. Thomasma - Thomasine Kimbrough Kushner, Translated by Lucie M. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000, 389 s. ISBN 8020408835. info
  • Blízké a vzdálené :etické teorie a principy práce s lidmi. Edited by Jan-Olav Henriksen - Arne Johan Vetlesen - Miluše Juříčková. 1. vyd. Boskovice: ALBERT, 2000, 210 s. ISBN 80-85834-85-5. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Manuálek o etice. první vydání. Brno: IPVZ, 2000, 46 pp. České ošetřovatelství 5. ISBN 80-7013-310-4. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ HELENA. Manuálek sociální gerontologie. první vydání. Brno: IPVZ Brno, 2002, 72 pp. České ošetřovatelství 10. ISBN 80-7013-363-5. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Zdravotnická etika od A do Z. Praha: Grada, 2005, 153 pp. ISBN 80-247-1024-2. info
  • BANDMAN, Elsie L. and Bertram BANDMAN. Nursing ethics : through the life span. 4th ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2002, xii, 333. ISBN 0838569765. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Předmět je ukončen kolokviem (ústně).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 15 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008.
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