LF:VSET021 Medical Ethics I - Course Information

VSET021 Medical Ethics I

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2007

Extent and Intensity

1.5/0/0. 1 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)

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Timetable of Seminar Groups

VSET021/01: Wed 11:30–13:20 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
VSET021/02: Wed 9:30–11:20 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka

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 modern 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 quality 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

HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Lékařská etika. třetí rozšířené vydání. Praha: Galén, 2002, 272 pp. ISBN 80-7262-132-7. info
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

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Přednášky. Zakončení kolokviem na základě vypracování písemných prací zabývajících se dílčím tématem předmětu.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.