VSLE7X1 Medical ethics 2

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0.5/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Marta Munzarová, CSc. (lecturer)
Marek Vácha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Tomáš Lajkep, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Marta Munzarová, CSc.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Lenka Holíková
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
Syllabus
  • 1. Ethics and philosophy. A philosophical basis of ethics.
  • 2.Ethics and psychiatry. The history of psychiatry. Involuntary hospitalization. Treating patients without their consent.
  • 3. Ethics and genetics. Eugenics and past mistakes, genetics at the population level. Consensus ethics in medical genetics. Human genome project.
  • 4. The beginnig of human life, ethical problems of abortions, assisted reproduction / arteficial procreation /, antenatal diagnosis.
  • 5. Ethical codes, Hippocratic Oath, four basic principles: the duty not to harm, to benefit, the respect of autonomy and justice.
  • 6. Ethics and oncology. Death and dying. Caring for the dying person and his relatives, the attitudes towards death, the definition of death.
  • 7. Ethics and rights of patients. Informed consent, confidentiality, breaching of confidentiality.
  • 8. Ethics and ontology. The dimension of human person, the dignity of man. Ontological aspects of ethics.
  • 9. Medical research with living subjects /Nuremberg code, Declaration of Helsinki, informed consent, nonethical research in modern time, ethics of research on animals.
  • 10. Active euthanasia and assisted suicide. Movements for active euthanasia, slippery slope. Nazi Germany - euthanasia movement. Holland model and its criticism. The limits of self-destruction.
Literature
  • Philosophical medical ethics. Edited by Raanan Gillon. [1st ed.]. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1986, x, 189 s. ISBN 0-471-91222-0. info
  • Virtues in medical practice. Edited by Edmund D. Pellegrino - David C. Thomasma. [1st ed.]. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, xiv, 205 s. ISBN 0-19-508289-3. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Lékařská etika. třetí rozšířené vydání. Praha: Galén, 2002, 272 pp. ISBN 80-7262-132-7. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Úvod do studia lékařské etiky a bioetiky (rozšírené vydání) (Introduction to the study of medical ethics and bioethics). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 44 pp. ISBN 80-210-3018-6. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Vybrané kapitoly z lékařské etiky I. Smrt a umírání (Medical ethics - Selected chapters I. Death and dying.). Druhé vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita - fakulta lékařská, 2002, 75 pp. ISBN 80-210-3017-8. info
  • BEAUCHAMP, T.L. and J.F CHILDRESS. Principles of biomedical ethics. Oxford University Press, 2001, 454 pp. fifth edititon. ISBN 0-19-514331-0. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Vybrané kapitoly lékařské etiky II, Aktuální etická problematika některých lékařských oborů (Medical ethics - Selected chapters II, Contemporary ethical problems of some medical fields). Brno: Masarykova univerzita-fakulta lékařská, 2000, 67 pp. ISBN 80-210-2416-X. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Vybrané kapitoly lékařské etiky III, Kodexy lékařské etiky a jiná etická doporučení (Medical ethics- Selected chapters III, Codes of Medical ethics and some other ethical guidelines). Brno: Masarykova univerzita-fakulta lékařská, 2000, 57 pp. ISBN 80-210-2417-8. info
  • MUNZAROVÁ, Marta. Vybrané kapitoly z lékařské etiky IV. K etické problematice výzkumu za účasti lidských subjektů. (Selected Chapters in Medical Ethics IV. Research on Human Subjects.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita-fakulta lékařská, 2000, 65 pp. ISBN 80-210-2499-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka probíhá blokově, účast na seminářích je povinná. Chybějící semináře je nutno nahradit. Výuka je zakončena kolokviem, které je ústní.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: prednášky pouze podzim - společné pro cely ročník.
Information on course enrolment limitations: omezení pro semináře, ne pro přednášky - společné pro ročník P99
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006.
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