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13627
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| Year |
5
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| Semester |
A1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
O (46H)/OT(8H)/TP(16H)
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| Scientific area |
Biopathological Sciences
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Entry requirements |
-not applicable
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face
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Work placements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
To provide students with knowledge about the principles, concepts and theories of Medical Ethics and Bioethics relevant to the practice of Medicine.
At the end of the curricular unit, the student should be able to:
• Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical dimension involved in treating patients
• Identify the ethical principles associated with the exercise of the medical profession and the Medical Act
• Specify his/her rights and duties as a doctor
• Distinguish the duty to respect the principles of Autonomy, Benevolence, and Non-maleficence
• Define the value of medical confidentiality and secrecy duties
• Recognize the ethical principles and duties related to the peculiar stages of the beginning and end of life
• Discern the appropriate behaviors when dealing with the patient, their families, and health professionals
• Actively participate in debates concerning ethical challenges in medicine
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Syllabus |
The historical process of the development of Ethical Regulation
Different systems of the foundation of Medical Ethics
Medical Ethics and Human Rights
Decision-making methodology - Deliberative Method
Philosophical Anthropology of Caring
Ethical and Legal Aspects in Clinical Care
Informed consent (Advanced will directives)
Confidentiality and professional secrecy
Ethical-legal rights and duties of patients and professionals
Beginning of life:
-Genetics - Obstetrics - Pediatrics
-Moral considerations about the human embryo
-parental power
-Confidentiality and consent in mature minors
-Decision-making in the context of Emergency, Intensive Unit and end-of-life care in Pediatrics
End of Life:
-Attention to chronicity, vulnerability, and cognitive deterioration
- Advanced care planning
-Adequacy of intervention measures at the end of life
-Communication in the end-of-life context
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Main Bibliography |
Beauchamp TL, Childress JF Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Oxford University Press,7a edición
Ética em Medicina, Prof. Miguel Oliveira da Silva, Ed. Lidel 2020
Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Textbook, ed. Douglas S. Diekema, Mark R. Mercurio and Mary B. Adam. Cambridge University Press 2011
Conrad Fischer MD(2006). Kaplan USMLE medical ethics: 100 cases you are most likely to see in the exam.(FCS_UBI_Kaplan_Ethics_PDF)
Gregory E. Pence – Medical Ethics Accounts of Groundbreaking Cases 7ª ed
Diego Gracia – Fundamentación en Bioética Madrid 1998
BMJ Books – “The BMA’s Handbook of Ethics and Law” 3ª Ed
Humanização em Cuidados Paliativos. Abejas A & Duarte C (eds). Lisboa: Lidel Edições Técnicas, Lda. 1ª ed. 2021.
Courceiro A. En Bioética para clínicos, Triacastela, Madrid, 1999, p201-222.
Gracia D. Procedimientos de decisión en ética clínica. Triacastela, Madrid, 2007.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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