LF:MNET071p Ethics - Course Information

MNET071p Ethics - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2011

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Mon 19. 9. to Fri 14. 10. Fri 8:00–9:40 A21/112

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

Introduction to Ethics in general and to Health Care Ethics.

Syllabus

1. Basic terminology. Hippocratic tradition. Principles of health care ethics. 2. Morals within medical and health care professions. Conscience. Human dignity. 3. Human rights and pacients' rights. 4. Human subject research. 5. Ethical issues within nutrition therapist profession.

Literature

Blízké a vzdálené :etické teorie a principy práce s lidmi. Edited by Jan-Olav Henriksen - Arne Johan Vetlesen - Miluše Juříčková. 1. vyd. Boskovice: ALBERT, 2000, 210 s. ISBN 80-85834-85-5. 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
HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Manuálek o etice a vstřícném chování (Ethics). první vydání. Praha: Galén, ČLS J.E. Purkyně, 1998, 95 pp. ISBN 80-85824-87-6. info
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: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011, xxi, 454. ISBN 9781446200971. info

Teaching methods

seminars

Assessment methods

colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0,5 h týdně.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses