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Behavioural Science 2 (Medical Ethics)

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 0 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 14 hours

total of: 14 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAA-OET-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Basic modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

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Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 250

Topic

The course helps the students gain sensitivity regarding the ethical aspects of medical practice, and to become aware of the different ethical approaches. The main aim of the course is to assist the students in developing their own ethical attitudes.

Lectures

Practices

Seminars

  • 1. Introduction - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 2. The role of ethics in medicine - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 3. Healthcare ethics in the light of consequentialism and deontological ethics. - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 4. The most fundamental ethical principles of modern healthcare. - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 5. Informed consent - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 6. Informed consent, surrogate decision making, organ donation - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 7. End of life decisions: euthanasia - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 8. End of life decisions: the care of the terminally ill patients - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 9. Beginning of life decisions: abortion - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 10. Beginning of life decisions: ethical issues raised by reproductive medicine - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 11. The placebo effect - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 12. Etical issues raised by genetic interventions - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 13. Summarizing discussion - Szolcsányi Tibor
  • 14. Test exam - Szolcsányi Tibor

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

Course materials: Neptun Meet Street

Notes

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Recommended literature

Dr. Erich H. Loewy and Dr. Roberta Springer Loewy: Textbook of Healthcare Ethics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2004.

Thomas A. Mappes et al (eds.): Biomedical Ethics, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 4th edition, 1995.

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

Written test taking place in the last class. To improve the grade, the test can be repeated two times in the first two weeks of the exam period. Oral exam is also an option for that purpose.

Making up for missed classes

According to the Code of Studies and Examinations

Exam topics/questions

Additional materials: Neptun Meet Street

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Szolcsányi Tibor
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