Ethics

Code	12030
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Química Medicinal
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	- Promote a culture of integrity and transparency in scientific research. - To know the legal framework and ethical bases of chemical research. - Develop the interests and capacities of students to a plural debate about the ethical problems of chemical research. At the end of the curricular unit student should: - Understand the importance of integrity and transparency in scientific research. - Know the legal framework and ethical bases of chemical research, in a way that he can apply it in the exercise of his professional activity. - Develop the interests and capacities of students to areas health related and for a plural debate about the ethical problems of chemical research, clinical practice and health policy.
Syllabus	- Theoretical Notions about Moral and Ethics - History of ethics and professional ethics - The approach of ethical problems - Health and human rights - The ethical reflection of epistemological issues - Human rights and chemical research - Animal research - Ethical and unethical in scientific writing and communication - Transparency in Health - Transparency in research - Ethics and health professions education
Main Bibliography	- Durand G., Introdução Geral à Bioética, Edições Loyola, São Paulo, Brasil, 2003. - Beauchamp T. L., Princípios de Ética Biomédica, Edições Loyola, São Paulo, Brasil, 2002. - Hottois G., Parizeau M., Dicionário da Bioética, Instituo Piaget, 1998. - Jonson A. R., Siegler M., Winslade W. J., Ética Clínica, McGraw-Hill,1999. - Clark D., Henk ten Have, The Ethics of Palliative Care European Perspectives, Open University Press, Buckingham, 2002. - Twycross R., Cuidados Paliativos, Climepsi Editores, Lisboa, 2002. - Marques M. S., A Segunda Navegação Aspectos Clínicos da Ética na Dor Oncológica, Permanyer Portugal, 2003. - David J. Roy, Charles-Henri Rapin, Regarding euthanasia. European Journal of Palliative Care, 1994, 1-4.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.