Ethics and Medical Deontology
Ética e Deontologia Médica
Course code:9548307
Fernando Guilherme Prior Ferraz
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
The fast technological advances and the modifications noticed in a globalizing world, unveiled the importance of this knowledge area and also the need for its adequate usage by civil society.
Bioethics is a science that crosses different areas of knowledge such as Biology, Genetics, Philosophy, Law and Medicine itself.
This is why the preparation of the health professionals is a priority in order to respond to the solicitations of moral dimension of human behaviour in life sciences, mainly in health care.
Syllabus:
- Introduction.
- Informed consent.
- Ethics in relation to the patient.
- Ethics in paediatrics.
- Ethics and mental health.
- Medical ethics and attitudes in relation to the process of dying.
- Human reproduction.
- Ethical dilemmas in genetics.
- Medical research.
- Ethics and health care costs.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Serrão D, Nunes R (1998) Ética em Cuidados de Saúde. Porto Editora. ISBN: 972-0-0-60336
- Bernard J (1994) La bioéthique: un exposé pour comprendre, un essai pour réfléchirI. Flammarion. ISBN: 978-2080351654
- Silva JR, Barbosa A, Silva FM (2002) Contributos para Bioética em Portugal. Edições Cosmo. ISBN: 972-762-238-0
- Figueiredo AR (2006) Consentimento para o Ato Médico. Colectânea Bioética Hoje, nº 12, Gráfica de Coimbra. ISBN: 972-603-379-9
- Silva JR (2001) Bioética na sua trajectória: Bioética Contemporânea II. Edições Cosmos. ISBN: 972-762-232-1