LF:aVLLE7X1s Medical Ethics 2 - sem. - Course Information

aVLLE7X1s Medical Ethics 2 - seminar

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michaela Vaňharová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Supplier department: Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable of Seminar Groups

aVLLE7X1s/30: Mon 20. 4. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Tue 21. 4. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Wed 22. 4. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Thu 23. 4. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Fri 24. 4. 7:30–12:30 A19/113
aVLLE7X1s/32: Mon 17. 2. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Tue 18. 2. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Wed 19. 2. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Thu 20. 2. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Fri 21. 2. 7:30–12:30 A19/113
aVLLE7X1s/34: Mon 11. 5. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Tue 12. 5. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Wed 13. 5. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Thu 14. 5. 7:30–12:30 A19/113, Fri 15. 5. 7:30–12:30 A19/113

Prerequisites (in Czech)

aVLLP0633c Clinical Introduction III - p

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

• General Medicine (eng.) (programme LF, M-VL)

Course objectives

Interactive seminar, providing an introduction to clinical ethics, aims to: - understand ethical dilemmas in individual fields of medicine - develop ability to perceive ethical aspects of medicine - listen to different ethical arguments and to express own reasoned opinion - learn ability to solve ethical dilemmas in medicine

Learning outcomes

Having completed the course, the student is able to:
- identify and to analyze ethical dilemmas in individual areas of medicine
- provide ethical arguments for morally relevant clinical situations
- solve ethical dilemmas in medicine

Syllabus

• • The first contact with the patient • Truth and communication • Informed consent • Ethical aspects of assisted reproduction • Ethics in medical genetics • Patients´ rights and duties of physicians • Transplantation ethics • Ethics in oncology and palliative care • Ethical dilemmas in intensive care • Death and dying • End of life decisions • Ethics of biomedical research

Literature

• CAMPBELL, Alastair V., Grant R. GILLETT and D. Gareth JONES. Medical ethics. 4th ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2005, xiii, 312. ISBN 0195584872. info
• The Blackwell guide to medical ethics. Edited by Rosamond Rhodes - Leslie Francis - Anita Silvers. 1st ed. Malden: Blackwell Pub., 2007, xii, 435. ISBN 9781405125840. info
• Medical ethics. Edited by Michael Boylan - Michael Boylan. 2nd ed. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, xvi, 386. ISBN 9781118494752. info
• Contemporary issues in bioethics. Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp - LeRoy Walters. 6th ed. Belmont: Thomson learning, 2003, x, 800 s. ISBN 0-534-58441-1. info
• Bioethics. Edited by John Harris. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, vi, 557. ISBN 0198752571. info
• Medical ethics todaythe BMA's handbook of ethics and the law. 3rd ed. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2012, xxx, 925 p. ISBN 9781444355635. info
• Casebook of medical ethics. Edited by Terrence F. Ackerman - Carson Strong. [1st ed.]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989, xvii, 240. ISBN 0-19-503917-3. info

Teaching methods

seminar

Assessment methods

Condition for giving course-unit credits is full attendance in all seminars, activity during the course, and case study

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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