| Center |
| Faculty of Medicine and Odontology |
| Departament |
| Prev. Medicine, Public Health, Food Sc.,Toxic. and For. Med. |
| Lecturers in charge |
| G1095 - FERNANDO ALEJO VERDÚ PASCUAL |
| Met. Docent |
| Met. Avaluació |
| - - |
| Bibliografia |
| Manual de Bioética general. Aquilino Polaino-Lorente. Ediciones RIALP SA. Madrid |
| Continguts |
| Medical practice implies approaching an entire series of questions related to bioethics that every doctor should know. The aim of this subject it to make students understand the ethical problems arising from the moment and the methods of conception and birth, as well as along their patients' lifetime until death. Students should also get knowledge enough to solve the special situations derived from the relationship with young, handicapped and elderly patients, ethical problems derived from prescription, and cases of experiments and clinical investigation with human beings. Finally, some general issues such as the knowledge of the human genome, conscientious objection, the allocation of assistance resources, the relation between medical professionals and the professional self-evaluation Theory Programme Lesson 1. Introduction. The fundamental principles of the medical bioethics Lesson 2. Medical ethics in genetic manipulation Lesson 3. Assisted reproduction Lesson 4. Ethical principles when dealing with young patients Lesson 5. Medical ethics towards the end of life Lesson 6. Ethical principles in the doctor-patient relationship Lesson 7. Interruption of pregnancy Lesson 8. Ethical principles when dealing with the handicapped patient Lesson 9. Ethical principles when dealing with the elderly patient Lesson 10. Perinatal medical ethics Lesson 11. Interrup |