BSET051 Nursing Ethics

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Kintrová (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Mikošková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil.
Department of Medical Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kintrová
Timetable
Wed 10:30–12:00 249
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 gives an introduction to health care ethics. The aim of the course is: to introduce to health care ethics; to give information about ethical dilemmas in current medicine and health care; to learn how to prevent problems respecting ethical professional standards.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction (terminology, history, methods) 2. Patient rights - obligations of health care providers 3. Informed consent 4. Patient-physician relationship, patient-nurse relationship 5. Truth about diagnosis (ethics of cummunication) 6. Personal data protection in health care 7. Information and privacy procection, documentation, reserach 8. Transplantation ethics 9. Ethics in assisted reproduction 10. Prenatal and preimplantation diagnosis, genetic screening 11. Ethical problems in intensive care 12. Care of terminally ill and dying patients 13. Euthanasia, assisted suicidum 14. Ethics in biomedical research
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, 2000, 389 s. ISBN 8020408835. info
  • 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
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Manuálek o etice (Ethics). Brno: Institut pro další vzdělání pracovníků ve zdravotnictví, 2000. ISBN 80-7013-310-4. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Manuálek sociální gerontologie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Institut pro další vzdělávání pracovníků ve zdravotnictví, 2002, 72 s. ISBN 8070133635. info
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Manuálek o etice a vstřícném chování (Ethics). Praha: ČLS J.E. Purkyně, 1998. ISBN 80-85824-87-6. info
  • BANDMAN, Elsie L. and Bertram BANDMAN. Nursing ethics : through the life span. 4th ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2002, xii, 333. ISBN 0838569765. info
Assessment methods
Lecture, written test, (oral) colloqium.
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 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022.
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