BZET051p Ethics in urgent care - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1.5/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Vaňharová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 19. 10. to Mon 4. 1. Mon 14:00–16:30 A19/113
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BZSP021c Medical and Social Psych - p
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 subject introduces to ethical issues of emergency medicine and urgent care, providing a basic overview of ethical dilemmas with which the rescuer encounters in his/her practice, indicating possible solutions and developing knowledge of normative ethical tools and their implementation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to ethics in emergency medicine and urgent care. 2. Models of relations in the health and their development. 3. Informed consent. 4. The patients´rights. 5. Incompetent patient. 6. Modi of decisions about health care. 7. Health care information and privacy. 8. Organ donation and transplantation ethics. 9. Medical futility. 10. Categorization of treatment. 11. Death and dying. 12. Care for the terminally ill pacients and dying persons. 13. Ethics of biomedical research. 14. Ethics and law as normative tools (Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, Declaration on Human Rights and Bioethics, professional codices).
Literature
  • 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. 389 s. ISBN 8020408835. 2000. info
  • Kapitoly z lékařské etiky. Brno: LF MU 2012, s. 36 - 86 http://portal.med.muni.cz/clanek-561-kapitoly-z-lekarske-etiky.html
  • HENRIKSEN, Jan-Olav and Arne Johan VETLESEN. Blízké a vzdálené : etické teorie a principy práce s lidmi. Vyd. 1. Boskovice: Albert. 215 s. ISBN 8085834855. 2000. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Práva pacientů : (komentované vydání). Havířov: Nakladatelství Aleny Krtilové. 176 s. ISBN 8090216307. 1996. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
case study
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: podzimní semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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