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Lecturer(s)
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Doskočil Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Th.D.
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Course content
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1. Philosophical integration of present day health ethics. 2. Basic ethical theories and their reflection in ethics of health care. 3. From Hippocrates to modern medical ethics: dehumanisation of medicine, relationship between a doctor / health worker and a patient, paternalistic and partner approach, helping professions and power, ethics and communication between a health worker and a patient. 4. Dehumanisation of medicine, patients' rights, patients' autonomy. 5. Convention on human rights and biomedicine, informed consent, non/competent patient 6. Principles of modern medical / health ethics and their conflicts. 7. Ethical problems in gynaecology and neonatology, value of human embryo and fetus, ending of pregnancy, mother's right (parents) and child's right, home labour, rescue of premature children, assisted reproduction and surrogacy, pre-implanted and prenatal diagnostics. 8. Dying and death in health care, tabuisation of death, dying, palliative care. 9. Decision making at the end of life: rights of unconscious patients, heroic medicine and ending of ineffective treatment, persistent vegetative states, assisted nutrition and hydration and life-maintaining treatment, early wishes. 10. Problem of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Euthanasia vs. "let die". 11. Ethics of transplantation medicine. Ethical aspects of brain death, "opting out" and "opting in" systems of organ taking. The role of the family in transplantation medicine. An anonymous donor and receiver. 12. Medical research with participation of human subjects, ethical regulation of research, the role and scope of ethical committees.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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Students will acquire basic knowledge of theoretical ethics Students will understand ethical aspects of decision making in health care Students will master the problems of the present day ethics of health care, and learn the knowledge and skills required to solve ethical dilemmas.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Credit Requirements: Students are required to complete and submit assignments on an ongoing basis as assigned by the instructor via MS Teams. All assigned assignments must be submitted no later than the deadline, which coincides with the last day of classes in the respective semester. Oral Examination: For the examination, students choose one topic in healthcare ethics, which they study in greater depth based on at least two titles from the core reading list. In addition, students are required to find and study a scholarly article or a chapter from an academic monograph related to the selected topic. During the examination, students demonstrate their understanding of key issues in healthcare ethics based on the literature studied and their ability to discuss these issues at an academic level.
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Recommended literature
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BARTŮNĚK, P., PTÁČEK, R. Etické problémy medicíny na prahu 21. století. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-2471-5471.
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Beauchamp, T. L. - Childress, J. F. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-19-514332-9.
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Haškovcová, H. Informovaný souhlas. proč a jak?. Praha: Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-497-3.
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Haškovcová, H. Lékařská etika. Praha: Galén, 2015. ISBN 9788074922046.
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HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H., PAVLICOVÁ, J. Ošetřovatelství: ideály a realita v ambulantní péči. Praha: Galén, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7492-063-9.
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Haškovcová, H. Práva pacientů - komentované vydání. Havířov: Nakl. A. Krtilové, 1996. ISBN 80-902163-0-7.
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Haškovcová, H.:. Thanatologie, nauka o umírání a smrti.. Praha: Galén, 2000. ISBN 80-7262-034-4.
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Kutnohorská, J. Etika v ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2069-2.
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Munzarová, M. Eutanazie nebo paliativní péče?. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1025-0.
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Munzarová, M. Lékařský výzkum a etika. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0924-4.
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Munzarová, M. Zdravotnická etika od A do Z. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1024-2.
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ŠIMEK, J. Lékařská etika. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5306-5.
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VÁCHA, M. a kol. Základy moderní lékařské etiky. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7367-780-0.
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