VSET021 Medical ethics

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
1.5/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Marta Munzarová, CSc. (lecturer), MUDr. Tomáš Lajkep, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Marta Munzarová, CSc.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
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
Syllabus
  • 1. Intruduction, ethics, medical ethics, bioethics. 2.The Hippocratic Oath and Hippocratic tradition 3. The Judeo/Christian tradition, islam, budhism. 4. The moden secular west. 5.Basic ethical theories. 6. Good and evil, right and wrong. 7. The problems of moral norms. 8. Conflict values in theory and practice. 9. Conscience. 10. Value of life and qualitz of life. 11.Pain and suffering. 12. Death and dying. 13. Physician - patient relationship. 14. Human rights and rights of patients. 15. Bioethics convention /Council of Europe/.
Literature
  • BEAUCHAMP, T.L. and J.F CHILDRESS. Principles of biomedical ethics. Oxford University Press, 2001. fifth edititon. ISBN 0-19-514331-0. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Úvod do studia lékařské etiky a bioetiky (Introduction to the study of medical ethics and bioethics). Brno: Masarykova Universita-fakulta lékařská, 1995, 29 pp. ISBN 80-210-1057-6. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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