Learning objectives

1) Acquire basic knowledge of the specific language and methodology of the Bioethics discipline.
2) Understand the main paradigms of Bioethics applied to the doctor-patient relationship.
3) Comprehend the dialectical dynamics of the end-of-life bioethical debate.
4) Reflect independently on ethically sensitive issues that may arise in clinical practice.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Application for the School of Medicine and Surgery or for the School of Dentistry

Program

Introduction to Bioethics: origins, characteristics, research methodology, fundamental paradigms of the debate.
Models of doctor-patient relationship: medical paternalism and informed consent.
The bioethical debate on futility of care.
End-of-Life Care and Palliative care: history and development.
Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments (WLST).
The bioethical debate on Medically Assisted Death (euthanasia and assisted suicide).
Advance Directives and Advance Care Planning.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Frontal lesson
Presentation by Power Point
CLASS SCHEDULE (17.30-19.30)
02.10
09.10
23.10
30.10
06.11
13.11

Learning assessment procedures

Suitability based on attendance
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tom L. Beauchamp, James F. Childress, Principi di etica biomedica, edizione italiana a cura di Francesco Demartis, Le Lettere, Firenze 1999
Giovanni Fornero, Bioetica cattolica e bioetica laica, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2009
Maurizio Mori, Manuale di Bioetica, Le Lettere, Firenze 2013
C. Saunders, Vegliate con me. Hospice: un'ispirazione per la cura della vita, EDB, Bologna 2008
Emilio Sgreccia, Manuale di Bioetica, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 2010

Evaluation criteria

Not applicable

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Not applicable

Exam language

Non applicabile