Ethics in Health Care

Lecturer:

Petr Příhoda (gar.)

Tutor:

Petr Příhoda (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation

Synopsis:

Methods of moral consideration, respect for patient autonomy, ethical aspects of oncology care - truthfulness in hospital consultation, euthanasia, patient rights, ethical aspects of assisted reproduction, ethical aspects of genetic consultancy, health-care economica, problem summary, closing discussion.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.FUNDAMENTAL TERMINOLOGY: ethics; ethics and philosophy; ethics and law; ethics and health ethics;

2.ETHICS AS A MEDICAL FIELD: ethics and morality; conscience;

3.ALIBICISM AND ITS PROFESSIONAL STRATEGY. Cynicism.

4.FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL ETHICS: autonomy principle; well-informed agreement and its conditions; medical paternalismus.

5.ETHICAL DECISIONS. Moral dilemma; non-precedent problem situation, especially choice of therapeutic procedure.

6.GERMINAL ETHICS. abortus arteficialis: ethical problems of contraception, sterilization, assisted reproductions; aim of parenthood and its ignorance. Problems of abortion, „for“ and „aginst“.

7.ETHICAL ASPECTS OF EXPERIMENT; research experiment, therapeutic experiment.

8.ETHICAL ASPECTS OF GEN MANIPULATION. Justification of the genom atac of a plant, an animal, a human. Cloning.

9.ETHICAL ASPECT OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; Position of a donor and an acceptor.

10.TERMINAL ETHICS; euthanasia; „for“ and „against“, „non resuscitare“.

11.TEAM ETHICS; intra-colleagues relations.

12.HELSINKY DECLARATION.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Methods of moral consideration, respect for patient autonomy.

Abilities:

Distinguish ethical side of medical interventions and discussions with patients in their future profession.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1]Haskovcova, H., Medical Ethics, Prague, Galen, 2002(in Czech)

[2]Haskovcova H., Medical Ethics. Prague, Galen 1994(in Czech)

Recommended references:

[3]Störig, J., Little History of Philosophy, Zvon, 1991(in Czech)

[4]Haskovcova H., Patient Rights (annotated edition), Publishing house Aleny Krtilove, Havirov 1996(in Czech)

[5]Payne J., Clinical Ethics, Triton Skalpel, Prague 1992(in Czech)

[6]Privratska J., Simek J., A Reader in Medical Ethics, Karolinum, Praha 1997(in Czech)

[7]Munzarova M., Introduction to the Study of Medical Ethics and Bioethics, Masaryk University, Brno 1995(in Czech)

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: