MZKET0211s Health Care Ethics - p

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
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. It aims to:
- introduce into ethical theories and concepts relevant for the ethics of health care and public health ethics;
- introduce into significant historical ethical aspects of healthcare;
- introduce into important ethical concepts such as autonomy, free will, responsibility, accountability, conflict of interest, non-discrimination, justice, human rights;
- introduce into the concept of privacy and confidentiality, personal data and data protection within health care;
- introduce into the concept of professionalism in health care and public health; introduce into the system of ethics committees, ethical standards and requirements for ethical approval of research project in the Czech Republic and in the EU.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student shall be able to:
- understand basic ethical concepts and theories
- identify and analyze ethical aspects of health care and public health
- implement the rules for privacy and data protection within health care
- apply ethical standards of health care research
- prepare a request to the ethics committee
Syllabus
  • • Introduction to ethics
  • • Ethical theories
  • • Significant historical aspects of health care ethics
  • • Basic ethical concepts
  • • Informed consent: theory and practice
  • • Human rights as a moral concept
  • • Privacy and privacy protection
  • • Data handling within health care and public health
  • • Professionalism in health care
  • • Regulatory framework within health care and public health
  • • Ethics committees: clinical and research context
  • • Ethical standards of health care research
  • • Ethics approval of research projects
Literature
  • The Sage handbook of health care ethics : core and emerging issues. Edited by Ruth F. Chadwick - Henk ten Have - Eric M. Meslin. 1st ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011, xxi, 454. ISBN 9781446200971. info
  • CRIBB, Alan. Health and the good society : setting healthcare ethics in social context. 1st ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005, xiv, 236. ISBN 9780199232949. info
  • DAWSON, Angus. Public Health Ethics : key concepts and issues in policy and practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011, viii, 239. ISBN 9780521689366. info
  • Public health ethics and practice. Edited by Stephen Peckham - Alison Hann. Bristol: Policy, 2010, xii, 224. ISBN 9781847421029. info
  • ARMSTRONG, Elizabeth G. The health care dilemma : a comparison of health care systems in three European countries and the US. Singapore: World Scientific, 2011, xix, 443. ISBN 9789814313971. info
  • Case studies in public health ethics. Edited by Steven S. Coughlin. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association, 2009, vi, 139 p. ISBN 9780875532547. info
  • MORRISON, Eileen E. Ethics in health administration : a practical approach for decision makers. 1st ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett publishers, 2006, xiv, 354. ISBN 0763726524. info
  • HELD, Virginia. Etika péče : osobní, politická a globální. Translated by Petr Urban. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia, 2015, 312 stran. ISBN 9788070074473. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
Fulfilling requirements for credit:
- attendance and active participation in the seminar
- performing tasks for individual parts of the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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