Department of Forensic Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine

SUBJECT CONTENT

Subject: Medical Ethics and Philosophy Study program: Dental Medicine Study period: winter semester Evaluation: exam Subject type: compulsory Course duration: 1 h. lecture + 2 h. practical / week Total: 42 h.

Week Lectures Practicals

The ethics of medical education. Ethics and morality. Bioethics and UPJŠ in Košice Code of Student Conduct. Medical Ethics. Landmark events 1. Hippocratic Oath. Physician's Pledge. in the evolution of bioethics. Global Character requirements for medical ethics and bioethics. profession.

Goals and ethical aspects of health WMA International Code of Medical Ethics. care. Medical ethics. The basic 2. Ethical Code for Health Care Providers principles of medical ethics. Ethical in Slovakia. dilemma.

Important international conventions Human dignity in health care. 3. and declarations relevant to the health Doctor – patient relationship. care professions. Patients' rights.

Informed consent/refusal – ethical Slovak Medical Chamber and Health 4. and legal issues. Previously expressed Care Surveillance Authority in Slovakia. wish of the patient.

Ethics in biomedical research. Ethical Communication in medical care. Guide and legal regulations regarding 5. to medical interview. Approach to specific biomedical research involving human patient groups. subjects.

Ethical issues in animal Burnout syndrome in medical profession. 6. experimentation. Ethics Committees. Personality test. Publication ethics.

Elderly patient. Risks in the hospital by elderly patients. . 7. Ethical and legal issues in pediatrics. Ethical aspects of resuscitation and intensive care. Futile treatment.

Ethical issues in . 8. and dysthanasia. The rights of hospitalized children. Assisted .

Thanatology. Euthanasia and dysthanasia. Ethical aspects of organ and tissue 9. . Dying patient – ethical transplantation. Living and dead donors. and legal issues.

Ethical status of the dead human body. Ethics of and exhumation. Documentary (Allow me to die: Euthanasia 10. Ethical aspects of examination in Belgium). in forensic medicine and pathology.

Reproductive medicine and responsible 11. parenthood. Methods used to achieve Ethical and legal issues in dental medicine. or prevent pregnancy. Surrogacy.

Ethical issues in selected medical divisions Ethical issues of . [neonatal and fetal medicine, gynecology 12. Surrogacy. and obstetrics, surgery, nephrology, psychiatry, prehospital emergency care].

Ethical issues in human genetics and genomics. Genetic testing 13. and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Ethics of expert activities in medicine. Gene therapy and genetic manipulation. Ethics of 'designer babies'.

Ethical aspects of human cloning. 14. Ethical issues in stem cell research Repetition. Credit test. and therapy.