BPET051c Health Care Ethics - seminar

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1.5/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Denisa Denglerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Martin Loučka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tatiana Malatincová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Psychology and Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Blanka Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Medical Psychology and Ethics – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine (80,00 %), Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine (20,00 %)
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 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.
Learning outcomes
After completing the subject, the student will be able: - to identify ethical aspects of health care - to analyze ethical dilemmas in health care - to apply the ethical normative tools
Syllabus
• Introduction to ethics • Patient-physician relationship, patient-nurse relationship • Patient rights - obligations of health care providers • Informed consent • Truth in health care • Personal data protection in health care • Health care information and privacy protection • Transplantation ethics • Ethics in assisted reproduction • Prenatal and preimplantation diagnosis, genetic screening • Ethical issues in intensive care • End of life decisions • Ethics of biomedical research
Literature
    recommended literature
  • 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
  • GRACE, Pamela June. Nursing ethics and professional responsibility in advanced practice. 1st ed. Boston: Jones and Bartlett publishers, 2009, xvii, 428. ISBN 9780763751104. info
  • Principles of health care ethics. Edited by Richard E. Ashcroft - Angus Dawson - Heather Draper. 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2007, xx, 838. ISBN 9780470027134. info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussions, case studies
Assessment methods
Requirements for credit: Full attendance and active participation in the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/do/rect/el/estud/lf/ps21/lekarska_etika/web/index.html
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 taught every week.
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, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2025, recent)
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