MGET031 Geriatrics ethics - seminar

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 17:00–18:40 A19/118
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MGOG0222 Nursing in Geriatry II && MGOP0242 Nursing Practice II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to understand ethical dilemmas in geriatrics and gerontology, to develop awareness for ethical issues of ageing in the socio-cultural and existential context and to strengthen the appropriate attitudes to the geriatric patients.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to geriatrics ethics 2. Transformation of the life structure in the old age 3. Ageing as a stage of human life (ethical and existential issues of ageing) 4. Quality of life in ageing and old age 5. Autonomy and criteria of subsidiary decision making 6. Old age, illness and lonesomeness 7. Morbidity, polymorbidity and vulnerability of a geriatric patient 8. Geriatric patient – person with human dignity and subject of human rights 9. Communication with a geriatric patient 10. Informed consent in geriatrics 11. Advance directives, living will 12. Death and dying 13. The European Recommendation “Protection of the Human Rights and Dignity of the Terminally Ill and the Dying“ (1418/1999) 14. Geriatric patients in biomedical research
Literature
  • 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 sociální gerontologie. první vydání. Brno: IPVZ Brno, 2002, 72 pp. České ošetřovatelství 10. ISBN 80-7013-363-5. info
  • KALVACH, Zdeněk. Geriatrie a gerontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004, 861 s. ISBN 8024705486. info
  • The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing. Edited by Malcolm Johnson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xxvi, 744. ISBN 0521533708. info
  • GRACE, Pamela June. Nursing ethics and professional responsibility in advanced practice. 1st ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett publishers, 2009, xvii, 428. ISBN 9780763751104. info
  • Narrative gerontology :theory, research, and practice. Edited by Gary Kenyon - Phillip Clark - Brian De Vries. New York: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 2001, xviii, 358. ISBN 0-8261-1389-3. info
  • ATCHLEY, Robert C. and Amanda Smith BARUSCH. Social forces and aging : an introduction to social gerontology. 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004, xiv, 610. ISBN 0534536948. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
full attendance, team work, case study
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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