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Ars Medica

Code	15099
Year	1
Semester	A1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(54H)/TC(8H)/TP(8H)
Scientific area	Human Sciences
Entry requirements	not aplicável
Learning outcomes	At the end of the course the student should be able to: 1 - Identify and characterize fundamental elements of the history of Medicine; 2 - Explain the meaning of the expression “Art of Medicine”; 3 - Assess different approaches to pain and suffering within the scope of medical practice; 4 - Relate the medical profession with ethical principles and values; 5 - Reflect on ethical problems arising from scientific research and related to medical practice; 6 - Recognize the importance of interdisciplinarity for a better understanding of the human.
Syllabus	History of Medicine over the Centuries 1. Medicine in Antiquity 2. Medicine in the Middle Ages 3. Medicine in Judaism 4. Arab Medicine 5. Renaissance Medicine 6. The great Epidemics and Pandemics in the history of mankind 7. Medicine and the future: eHealth – Digital Patient – Telemedicine 8. Medicine and trauma: evolution throughout history Other Medical Currents 1. Ayurvedic Medicine 2. Traditional Chinese Medicine 3. Narrative Medicine Ethics and Morals in Medical Practice 1. Fundamentals of Ethics and Morals 2. Behavioral Moral 3. Bioethics and Technology 4. Medical Ethics Humanization in Medicine 1. Anthropology of Caring - Digital Anthropology 2. Philosophy of Medicine - Edmund D. Pellegrino 3. Medical Patient Relationship 4. Patient Physician Relationship in the Medicine of the Future 5. Ultrasound: a way to communicate 6. Pain - Phenomenology 7. Suffering and Death Mind and body 1. the person 2. Art therapy 3. Mindfullness in medical practice
Main Bibliography	CARRICK, P., Medical Ethics in the ancient world, Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2001. MICHEAU, F., «A Idade de Ouro da medicina árabe» in: J. LE GOFF, As Doenças têm história, Lisboa, Terramar, [1997]. VAIDYA, A. (2003), “Blood letting: from ancient times to modern times” in Proceedings of the 12h Annual History of Medicine Days, WA Whitelaw. ANTUNES, J. L., «A profissão de médico» in: Análise Social, vol. XXXVIII (166), 2003. GADAMER, H.-G. (1993), O Mistério da Saúde, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1997. HIPÓCRATES, The Art [of Medecine], The Loeb Classical Library, London, William Heinemann Ltd. / Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1959. OMS (2004): Better Palliative Care for Older People. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/98235/E82933.pdf. CURADO, M. & OLIVEIRA, N. (org.) (2010), Pessoas Transparentes — Questões actuais de bioética, Lisboa, Almedina. RICOEUR, P., Os três níveis do juízo médico, trad. J. Rosa, Covilhã: lusosofia.net, 2010.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.