Ethics and HealthCare

Code

11171

Academic unit

Nova Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas

Department

SP

Credits

3

Teacher in charge

Profª Doutora Maria Alexandra Ribeiro

Objectives

The course aims at to provide opportunities for students to develop and understand the importance of the humanization of health care systems; develop ethical concerns about specific areas of medicine such as pediatrics, gerontology, emergency and mental and public health.

Prerequisites

 

Subject matter

General Contents	Specific Contents
Healthcare Systems and Ethics	Allocation of resources and access to healthcare systems Resources management in health Costs and Priorities in Health Distributive justice and equity Rights and duties of the patients Informed consent Privacy and Confidentiality Health Promotion Family and Bioethics Privacy, vulnerability and confidentiality Family and responsibility. Decision within the family Ethics Committees and Clinical Research Research in clinical practice CES, CNECV, CEIC
Healthcare and Ethics	Ethics and Paediatrics       Doctor-child relationship       The autonomy of the child. Decision-making       Responsibility, Communication and Information       Informed consent Gerontology and Bioethics       The Elderly Autonomy and Decision Making         The elderly inside the Family Aging, end of life and death Emergency and Ethics Presumed consent Beneficence, Respect and Justice Risk, Benefit and futile medical care Privacy and confidentiality
Mental Health and Ethics	Reason and Alienation Citizenship and Autonomy Respect, freedom and vulnerability Informed consent and competence Ethical status of the person with mental disorders
Public Health and Ethics	Ethical principles Epidemiological studies. Informed Consent

Bibliography

•          Bioética, L. Archer, J. Biscaia e W. Osswald, Lisboa, Verbo, 1996.

•          Novos Desafios à Bioética, L. Archer, J. Biscaia, W. Osswald, M. Renaud (coord.), Porto, Porto Editora, 2001.

•          Bioética simples, W. Osswald e M. C. Patrão Neves, Lisboa, Verbo, 2007.

 

 

 

•          Bioética e Vulnerabilidade, Ana Sofia Carvalho (coord.), Almedina, 2008,

•          Investigação Biomédica. Reflexões Éticas, Paula Martinho da Silva (coord), CNECV, Gradiva, 2008.

•          Ética em Cuidados de Saúde, D. Serrão e R. Nunes (Coord), Porto editora, 1998.

•          Direitos do Homem e Biomedicina, Instituto de Bioética, UCP, Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 2003. (Convenção de Oviedo – do Conselho da Europa, 1997)

•          Gravitações Bioéticas, A. Barbosa, F. Martins Vale & P. Costa (eds) Lisboa: Centro de Bioética/Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, 2012.

•          Prioridades na saúde, R. Nunes e G. Rego, McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, 2002

 

Teaching method

Lectures, films and sessions of guidance and discussion by the teacher on specific cases.

Discussion of papers and small films.

 

Evaluation method

Monograph (max 8 pages, spacing 1 1/2,  Times New Roman, pitch 12)	90%	Layout (5 points); scheme (15 points); writing (20 points); scientific content (50 points)
Assiduity	5%	Minimum attendance: 5 classes; Classes attended (rank): 5- 8 (1 point), 9-11 (3 points), 12-14 (5 points)
Participation (assessed by a grid of observation)	5%	Number and quality

     The final rating is normalized to a 0-20 scale.

Courses

• Integrated Master Degree in Medicine