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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Lectures: 1) Introduction, ethics and medical ethics; historical roots of medical ethics, current most important sources, on which medical ethics is based 2) Relationship between law and medical ethics; Charter of Human Rights, Medical Codes, Ethics Committees, Informed Consent, Patient's Instruction, Patient Rights, Society and Medical Ethics 3) Ethical problems of the beginning of life; end of life ethical problems, definition of death, euthanasia, palliative care; hospice 4) Ethics of research; communication with the patient, professional communication, ethical communication in non-medical medical fields, problems of communicating the truth to the patient 5) Ethical problems in health care and nursing 6) Discussion of ethical problems
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Practicum, Students' self-study
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Learning outcomes
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The course is designed as theoretical. It introduces the issue of medical ethics and its relation to the behavior of health professionals in the conditions of clinical practice. It acquaints students with the most important codes of ethics concerning health and nursing care of a person from birth to death, as well as ethical problems and dilemmas. It helps students to find and formulate their own ethical starting points and their ability to defend them.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
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Prerequisites
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Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Test
Credit: - self-study, - 80% attendance at lectures and seminars - test.
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Recommended literature
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HEŘMANOVÁ, Jana a kol. Etika v ošetřovatelské praxi. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3469-9.
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HUMENÍK, Ivan a Inocent-Mária V. SZANISZLÓ. Biomedicínsky výskum: právne, eticky, filozoficky. Bratislava: Eurokódex, 2012. ISBN 978-80-89447-73-2.
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PTÁČEK, Radek a Petr BARTŮNĚK. Etické problémy medicíny na prahu 21. století. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5471-0.
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PTÁČEK, Radek a Petr BARTŮNĚK. Etika a komunikace v medicíně. Grada: Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3976-2.
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ŠIMEK, Jiří. Etika klinického výzkumu a role etických komisí v jeho regulaci. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3397-5.
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ŠIMEK, Jiří. Lékařská etika. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5306-5.
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TOMEŠ, Igor a kol. Rozvoj hospicové péče a její bariéry. Praha: Karolinum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-246-2941-4.
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