Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública

Bioethics and Health Management

Code

9334

Academic unit

Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública

Department

Saúde Pública e Comunidade

Credits

3.0

Teacher in charge

João Miguel Valente Cordeiro , Maria Paula Marçal Grilo Lobato Faria

Total hours

24

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

 

To promote the reflection and debate on ethical issues related to the area of health management.

To identify criteria to formulate ethical judgments.

To understand the integrative and soothing role of the ethical dimension in decision making.

To analyze ethical management issues in the healthcare units (study of practical cases with ethical dilemmas; ethical codes of the various professionals involved)

 

 

Prerequisites

 

University Degree

Subject matter

 

Ethics, Bioethics and Biolaw - basic concepts

Business Ethics - historical overview

Business Ethics - Social Responsibility

Bioethical challenges in healthcare systems

Ethical dilemmas in health care - case studies

Business ethics and professional codes- content and conflicts

Bibliography

 

Annas, G.J. Worst Case Bioethics – Death, Disaster, and Public Health, Ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010

Beauchamp, T.L., Childress, J.F. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford University Press (2009)

Mariner, W.K., Faria, P.L. (Eds.) Law and Ethics in Rationing Access to Care in a High-Cost Global Economy. Ed. ENSP-UNL e BUSPH. Lisboa, 2008

Johnston, C., Bradbury, P. 100 Cases in Clinical Ethics and Law. Oxford University Press (2008)

Faria, P. L. (Ed.) The Role of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights to Promote a Safer and Healthier World, Ed.FLAD e ENSP-UNL, Lisboa, Maio 2006.

Teaching method

 

- Theoretical exposure to the basic concepts

- Case studies of ethical dilemmas linked to the reality of health management and health care

- Collaboration in class (20%)

- Individual test on the syllabus (80%)

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