EMET0811s Ethics in Reproductive Medicine

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Josef Kuře, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Renata Veselská, Ph.D., M.Sc. (seminar tutor)
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
Wed 20. 3. 14:00–16:30 B11/334, Wed 27. 3. 14:00–16:30 A18/208, Wed 3. 4. 14:00–16:30 B11/334, Wed 10. 4. 14:00–16:30 B11/334, Wed 17. 4. 14:00–16:30 B11/334
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 provides an introduction into ethics of reproductive medicine.
Learning outcomes
Having completed the course, the student is able to: - identify the ethical issues of reproductive medicine - analyze ethical dilemmas of reproductive medicine - provide ethical arguments for morally relevant situations of reproductive medicine - solve ethical dilemmas in reproductive medicine
Syllabus
  • • Ontological status of human embryo • Forms of assisted reproduction • Gamet harvesting • Gamet donation • Fertilization in vitro • Cryoconservation of gamets and embryos • Social freezing • Gamet transfer • Prenatal and preimplatation diagnostics • Genetic testing and modification • Surrogate motherhood • Saviour babies • Designer babies
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SHARIF, Khaldoun W. and Arri COOMARASAMY. Assisted reproduction techniques : challenges and management options. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, xxiii, 442. ISBN 9781444335552. info
  • Baby-making in the new millennium[what the new reproductive treatments mean for families and society]. Edited by Bart Fauser - Paul Devroey - Simon Brown. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, x, 292 p. ISBN 9780191628139. info
  • Oxford handbook of reproductive medicine and family planning. Edited by Enda McVeigh - Roy Homburg - John Guillebaud. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, xxii, 451. ISBN 9780199203802. info
  • DEECH, Ruth and Anna SMAJDOR. From IVF to immortality : controversy in the era of reproductive technology. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, x, 233. ISBN 9780199219797. info
  • THOMPSON, Charis. Making parents : the ontological choreography of reproductive technologies. London: MIT Press, 2005, x, 360. ISBN 0262701197. info
  • How safe is safe enough?obligations to the children of reproductive technology. Edited by Philip G. Peters. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, xii, 263 p. ISBN 0195157079. info
  • Cambridge guide to infertility management and assisted reproduction. Edited by Godwin I. Meniru. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xiii, 276. ISBN 0521010713. info
  • Making babies, making familieswhat matters most in an age of reproductive technologies, surrogacy, adoption, and same-sex and unwed parents. Edited by Mary Lyndon Shanley. Boston: Beacon Press, 2001, xi, 206 p. ISBN 0807044083. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
case study
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2025.
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