VSET021 Medical Ethics I

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1.5/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kintrová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VSET021/01: Wed 18. 2. to Wed 29. 4. Wed 7:30–9:20 Kinosál N02901
VSET021/02: Thu 19. 2. to Thu 30. 4. Thu 16:30–18:20 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
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
Course objectives
The course introduces to Medical Ethics. Since ethics is a part of practical philosophy, the course also introduces to philosophical thinking whose methods are used in Medical Ethics. The aim of the course is: - to introduce to Medical Ethics - to provide basics in Philosophy of Medicine - to acquire Medical Ethics in the historical context (from the Hippocratic tradition till Modern Times) - to develop the ability to perceive ethical aspects of medicine
Syllabus
  • Introduction to Medical Ethics (terminology, subject) & History of Medical Ethics (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern Times) & Contemporary Medical Ethics & Areas of Medical Ethics (overview) & Methodical approaches in Medical Ethics & Patient - physician relationship & Beginning of human life & Transplantation ethics & Death and dying & Medical futility (withholding, withrawing) & Ethics and law & Patient rights & Ethics of biomedical research
Literature
  • RICKEN, Friedo. Obecná etika. Translated by Daniela Petříčková. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1995, 165 s. info
  • ANZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do etiky. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 2001, 292 s. ISBN 8020009175. info
  • MORIN, Edgar. Věda a svědomí. Přel. Ivana Holzbachová. Brno: Atlantis, 1995, 133 pp. ISBN 80-7108-108-6. 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
  • 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
  • SCHWARTZ, Lisa M., Paul. E. PREECE and Robert A. HENDRY. Medical ethics : a case-based approach. 1st ed. Edinburgh: Saunders, 2002, xxi, 204. ISBN 0702025437. info
  • GLANNON, Walter. Biomedical ethics. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, x, 176. ISBN 0195144317. info
  • Philosophical medical ethics. Edited by Raanan Gillon. [1st ed.]. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1986, x, 189 s. ISBN 0-471-91222-0. info
Assessment methods
written test, oral colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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