LF:MIKEF031s Eth. and philos. aspects in IC

MIKEF031s Ethical and philosophical aspects in intensive care - seminar

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2015

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites (in Czech)

MIKAM021p Data Manag and Anal. - lecture

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 provides an introduction to health care ethics, focusing on ethical and philosophical problems of intensive care.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to health care ethics. 2. Informed consent. 3. Health care records and personal data protection in intensive care. 4. Autonomy and decision making in intensive care. 5. Kategorisation. 6. Advance directives, living will. 7. Euthanasia and assisted suicide. 8. Ethics in care for dying persons

Literature

HENRIKSEN, Jan-Olav and Arne Johan VETLESEN. Blízké a vzdálené : etické teorie a principy práce s lidmi. Translated by Miluše Juříčková. Vyd. 1. Boskovice: Albert, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 8085834855. info
O'CONNOR, Margaret. Paliativní péče : pro sestry všech oborů. Translated by Jana Heřmanová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005, 324 s. ISBN 8024712954. info
Ethical issues in death and dying. Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp - Robert M. Veatch. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1996, xiv, 458. ISBN 0132827328. info

Teaching methods

seminar

Assessment methods

attendance, case study

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 5.