Course: Ethics of Healthcare

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Course title Ethics of Healthcare
Course code HUM/PRP22
Organizational form of instruction Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vévoda Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Philosophy and medical ethics. Historical roots of medical ethics. The most important current sources of medical ethics. Relationship between law and medical ethics. Ethics committees. Ethical issues concerning the beginning of life. Ethical issues concerning the end of life. Communication with patients. Truth and lies principles in relation to patients. Professional communication. Ethical issues in health care management. Ethics in psychiatry. Ethics of medical research. Allocation of scarce resources.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 11 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To understand the regulation of relations between society and profession, a midwife and a patient, leading up to cultivation of the moral profile of a midwife. Introduction to philosophical sources of ethics, ethical principles and basic ethical terminology. Specification of ethical issues in gynaecology : ethics concerning the beginning of life (germinal ethics), abortion issues, assisted reproduction.
Students will acquire knowledge of ethical issues in nursing and their penetrating to the field of midwifery and they will gain the ability of independent moral thinking.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam, Essay, Seminar Work

Attendance in seminars (90%) Exam.
Recommended literature
  • Blackburn, S. (2022). Etika : velmi stručný úvod. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum.
  • Feber, J., Petrucijová, J. (2020). Obecná etika. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis.
  • Haškovcová, H., Pavlicová, J. (2013). Ošetřovatelství: ideály a realita v ambulantní péči. Praha: Galén.
  • Hilpert, K. (2017). Základní otázky křesťanské etiky. Brno.
  • Huber, W. (2016). Etika : základní otázky života.. Praha : Vyšehrad.
  • Jankovský, J. (2018). Etika pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Triton.
  • Jankovský, J. (2018). Etika pro pomáhající profese.. Praza : Stanislav Juhaňák - Triton.
  • Kuře, J. (2022). Rozhodování o zdravotní péči v závěru života. Praha : Academia.
  • Matějek, J. (2012). Dříve projevená přání pacientů: výhody a rizika. Praha: Galén.
  • Matějek, J. (2021). Etické poradenství: jak řešit etické problémy každodenní medicíny.. Praha Triton.
  • Milfait, R. (2019). Etické aspekty rozhodování v péči o nevyléčitelně nemocné a umírající: souvislosti lidských práv a náboženských tradic. Praha: Národohospodářský ústav Josefa Hlávky.
  • Ondriová, I. Etické problémy a dilemata v ošetřovatelské praxi. Praha : Grada. 2021.
  • Payne, J. (2019). Informovaný konsenzus: poučená dohoda.. Praha: Grada.
  • Ptáček, R., Bartůněk, P.. (2020). Naděje v medicíně.. Praha: Grada.
  • VÁCHA, M., O. (2019). Eutanázie: definice, histore, legislativa, etika.. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Wichsová, J. (2020). Bezpečnost a etika v perioperační péči.. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Zapletal, L., Dohnanská, M. (2020). Etika v souvislostech problémů dneška.. Týn nad Vltavou: Nová Forma.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Midwifery (2020) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer