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Bi0951 Advanced Bioethics

Faculty of Science
spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Renata Veselská, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Hulová (assistant)

Supervisor

doc. RNDr. Renata Veselská, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Department of Experimental Biology - Biology Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Renata Veselská, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Experimental Biology - Biology Section - Faculty of Science

Timetable

Mon 14:00–16:50 A13-332

Prerequisites (v češtině)

Bi9950 Introduction to bioethics && Bi0952 Bioethics - seminar

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

This course is aimed at a deepening of the knowledge of specific issues in bioetics, with special regard to the up-to-date topics and to the communication with professionals from clinical medicine, pharmaceutical business, psychology, law, etc.

Syllabus

• 1) Transplantation medicine
• 2) Intensive care
• 3) Clinical trials
• 4) Reproductive cloning
• 5) Genetic and genomic screening
• 6) Ethical issues in psychology and psychiatry
• 7) Ecoethics
• 8) Biomedicine and law

Literature

recommended literature
• VEATCH, Robert M., Amy Marie HADDAD and Dan C. ENGLISH. Case studies in biomedical ethics :decision-making, principles, and cases. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xxiv, 456. ISBN 0195309723. info
• Cases, materials and problems on bioethics and law. Edited by Michael H. Shapiro. 2nd ed. St. Paul: Thomson, 2003. liii, 1495. ISBN 0-314-06600-4. 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
• GLANNON, Walter. Biomedical ethics. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. x, 176 s. ISBN 0-19-514431-7. info
• The Oxford handbook of bioethics. Edited by Bonnie Steinbock. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. xviii, 747. ISBN 978-0-19-927335. info
• Medical ethics today :the BMA'shandbook of ethics and law. Edited by Veronica English - Romano Romano-Critchley. 2nd ed. London: BMJ Publishing, 2008. xxv, 822 s. ISBN 978-0-7279-1744. info
• Ethical issues in modern medicine :contemporary readings in bioethics. Edited by Bonnie Steinbock - John Arras - Alex John London. 7th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009. xxii, 914. ISBN 0073407356. info
• JONSEN, Albert R., Mark SIEGLER and William J. WINSLADE. Clinical ethics :a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2010. vi, 228 p. ISBN 0071634142. info
• Bioethics for scientists. Edited by John Bryant. 1st ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. xi, 360 s. ISBN 0-471-49532-8. info

Teaching methods

This course should be realized as on-site discussion seminars on selected topics; with a presence of a professional, if possible.

Assessment methods

Regular weekly participation in the discussion forum during the course is required for the successful completion. This course is completed by colloquium.

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• Bi0953 Advanced Bioethics
  Bi9950 && Bi0952 && !Bi0951  

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation.

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