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ID - Basic Humanities (Philosophy, Sociology) I. - CNPAHV41
Title: ID - Základy humanitních věd (filozofie, sociologie) I.
Guaranteed by: Department of Medical Ethics and Humanities 3FM CU (12-UET)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2016
Semester: summer
Points: 1
E-Credits: 1
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:15/15, other [HS]
Extent per academic year: 30 [hours]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Vácha, Ph.D.
Mgr. Petra Sedlářová
Classification: Medicine > Auxiliary Subjects
Attributes: Modul ID
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Vácha, Ph.D. (01.09.2008)
The course is concerning the basics of philosophy and sociology. The different ethical theories, the basic philosophical terms and school of thoughts are touched. The transformation of the question "what does it mean to be a human" in different times and contexts is discussed.
Aim of the course -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Vácha, Ph.D. (01.09.2008)

The aim of this course is to provide a basic lookout in the field of philosophy and sociology and to give fundamental informations of History of Medicine and Medical Law.

Literature -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Vácha, Ph.D. (01.09.2008)

Alfred I. Tauber: Confession of a Medicine Man. The MIT Press 2000

Andrew Stark: The Limits of Medicine

George D. Pozgar: Legal and ethical issues for health Proffessionals

Oliver A.Johnson: Ethics

Chloe Baxter, Mark G.Brennan, Yvette Coldicott: The Practical Guide to Medical Ethics and Law

A.Campbell, Max Charlesworth, G.Gillett, G.Jones: Medical ethics

J.T.Aiken, H.W.C.Fuller, D.Johnson: The influence of christians in medicine

Volker Roelcke, Giovanni Maio: Twentieth Century Ethics of Human Subjects Research

Erich H.Loewy,M.D.: Textbook of healthcare ethics

Eric Casell: The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine. Oxford University Press 2003

Byron Good: Medicine, Rationality and Experience. Cambridge University Press 1993

Alfred I. Tauber: Confession of a Medicine Man. The MIT Press 2000

Viktor E. Anne Fadiman: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Dawn

Cecil G. Helman: Culture, Health and Illness

Arthur Kleinman: Writing at the Margin: Discourse between Anthropology and Medicine

Book Job (Bible)

Tom L. Beuchamp, James F. Childress: Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford University Press 2001

Eric Casell: The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine. Oxford University Press 2003

Byron Good: Medicine, Rationality and Experience. Cambridge University Press 1993

Alfred I. Tauber: Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility. The MIT Press 2005

Onnora O´Neill: Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics. Cambridge University Press 2002

Clean (a history of personal hygiene and purity): Virginia Smith,Oxford

univerzity press 2007

Teaching methods -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Vácha, Ph.D. (19.09.2008)

The lectures are divided in three parts: Introduction to a philosophy, History of Medicina and Introduction to a Medical Law. In seminars are discussed the very basic concepts of philosophy and sociology concerning medicine, such as quality of life, value of life, relationship I/You, body/soul problems etc.

Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Vácha, Ph.D. (16.01.2012)

There are in the first year five lectures and eight seminaries. The topics of the lecures are:

1. An Introduction to the philosophical thinking. The Philosophy and the Science, the Ethics and the Science.

2.An Introduction to the Ethics. Ethics and morality. Descriptive ethics and Normative Ethics.

3.Codices and Oaths. A Hippocratic Oath and Hippocratic Tradition. Principles of Modern Medical Ethics.

4.Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine ("The Oviedo Declaration", 1997).

5. Nuremberg Code and the Declarartion of Helsinki.

 

The topics of the seminaries are as follows:

1. Introductory Thoughts. Ethics and Morality. Freedom, Consciousness. Descriptive and Normative Ethics.

2. Ethical Theories. Hedonism and Utilitarianism. Immanuel Kandt and Deaontology. Virtue Ethics.

3. The Problem of the Personhood. Human Being and Human Person. Empirical Functionalism and Ontological Personalism.

4. The Beginning of Human LIfe. The Status of the Human Embryo. Embryology and Ethics.

5. The Status of the Animal. Animal Experimentations. An Animal between a thing and a person. "3R" approach.

6. The Embryonic Stem Cells. Arguments for and arguments against.

7. The Symbolism of Human Body. The imagination, speech, thinking. The Quality of Human Life.

8. The Body and Soul. Dreams in culture and history. What does it mean to be a human?




 
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