Human Rights and Medicine - CVOL0308

• Title: Human Rights and Medicine
• Guaranteed by: Department of Medical Ethics and Humanities 3FM CU (12-UET)
• Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 5
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/15, C [HS]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (18)
• Min. number of students: 3
• 4EU+: yes
• Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / 15
• Key competences: critical thinking, social engagement
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: PhDr. Zuzana Svobodová, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (21.11.2022)

Course Description: The history of human rights / The arguments that relate to rights / Human rights and medicine.

Aim of the course

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (21.11.2022)

Course Objectives:

•To introduce to the history of human rights.

•To introduce to some of the philosophical and theological arguments.

•To articulate the roots of human rights.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (21.11.2022)

Requirements:

Project presentation in class with minimum 10 and maximum 20 slides

theme: Human rights and medicine

–Human rights inclusion in medicine

–Origins of human rights, fundamental sources

–The main issues of human rights, fundamental concepts

–The development of human rights theory

–Basic human rights documents

–Relevant human rights issues and their solutions

 

min. 2 days before day of presentation to send it on e-mail: [e-mail]

Literature

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (21.11.2022)

About dignity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300789/citedby/

B. Schaefer: Foundations of HR

Bioethics and Human Dignity: http://www3.nd.edu/~undpress/excerpts/P01307-ex.pdf

Disability

Gender

HR_Justifications

http://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6939-7-2

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/clone

http://worldabortionlaws.com/map/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/bioethics/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/bioethics/ethics-education-programme/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/bioethics/human-genome-and-human-rights/

http://www.wma.net/en/20activities/10ethics/index.html

http://www.wma.net/en/20activities/20humanrights/index.html

 http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/d2/index.html

http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/o3/

https://abortion.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003721#34

https://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/welfare/other_aspects/cloning_en

https://www.amnesty.org/en/

https://www.hrw.org/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300789/pdf/32701419.pdf

https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/crr_AbortionLaws_SexualViolence_8.12.13.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtSFMELcT4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmBSIQ1lkOA

https://youtu.be/_6YNIXPGXKo

https://youtu.be/PFHg3jjjsEM

https://youtu.be/sPVWmmVKVk0

https://youtu.be/VT5nsIAyCuI

Human Dignity and Bioethics: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/docLib/20091130_human_dignity.pdf

I. Wilmut, A. E. Schnieke, J. McWhir, A. J. Kind & K. H. S. Campbell Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells Nature volume 385, pages 810–813 (27 February 1997)

Islamic Bioethics: https://youtu.be/HnweBU8UOOE

M. Macdonald: Natural Rights

M. Poovery: Abortion and Death

Mohanti, Bidhu K. “Ethics in Palliative Care.” Indian Journal of Palliative Care 15.2 (2009): 89–92. PMC. Web. 17 Feb. 2017.

Peel, Michael. “Human Rights and Medical Ethics.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 98.4 (2005): 171–173. Print.

Physicians for Human Rights: A Snapshot of Our Work Around the World: https://youtu.be/aKallbyio8Q

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research: People & Perspectives: George Annas - Human Rights: https://youtu.be/0L2NVFcYqkM

R. A. Primus: Rights Theory and Practice

R. Rorty: On Human Rights

Reproductive Rights

Sexual Health

Sexual Orientation

Sharma, Himanshu et al. “End-of-Life Care: Indian Perspective.” Indian Journal of Psychiatry 55.Suppl 2 (2013): S293–S298. PMC. Web. 17 Feb. 2017.

T. Machula: Natural Law

United Nations_HR

Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. 19 October 2005: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001428/142825e.pdf#page=80

 

Teaching methods

Last update: PhDr. Zuzana Svobodová, Ph.D. (21.11.2022)

This type of subject Human Rights and Medicine is taught only online via MS Teams:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3abeb7bba82c744b03b5559593bc8a7dee%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5388d111-c323-4722-aefd-1fd85e68a648&tenantId=e09276da-f934-4086-bf08-8816a20414a2

Syllabus

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (21.11.2022)

Schedules:

1. Human rights inclusion in medicine
2. Origins of human rights, fundamental sources
3. The main issues of human rights, fundamental concepts
4. The development of human rights theory
5. Basic human rights documents
6. Relevant human rights issues and their solutions

Learning resources

Last update: PhDr. Zuzana Svobodová, Ph.D. (14.03.2023)

Moodle for the course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=13702 (here, you can find all materials/presentations from each session).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ISDeV3kl22ANyrstGw_NoIkmLNlF0FIYmik5ccLSUYw/edit?usp=sharing

Course completion requirements

Last update: Bc. Kateřina Maternová (21.11.2022)

Requirements:

Project presentation in class with minimum 10 and maximum 20 slides

theme: Human rights and medicine

–Human rights inclusion in medicine

–Origins of human rights, fundamental sources

–The main issues of human rights, fundamental concepts

–The development of human rights theory

–Basic human rights documents

–Relevant human rights issues and their solutions

 

min. 2 days before day of presentation to send it on e-mail: [e-mail]

Requisites for virtual mobility

Last update: PhDr. Zuzana Svobodová, Ph.D. (24.11.2023)

Minimal requirements, prerequisites, and conditions for selection and enrolment of students: Students can use the internet for MS Teams video meetings and have English as a spoken language - minimum level: B1 - "Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on familiar topics or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes & ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans." Source: https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale

Dates and hours of teaching/learning for virtual mobility (via MS Teams, link below): 

5th March 2024, 17-18:30

12th March 2024, 17-18:30

19th March 2024, 17-18:30

9th April 2024, 17-18:30

16th April 2024, 17-18:30

In these days and hours, connect to: 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3abeb7bba82c744b03b5559593bc8a7dee%40thread.tacv2/1667147576880?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e09276da-f934-4086-bf08-8816a20414a2%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22da59b418-9bdf-4c0e-b401-2e81c8f22ed6%22%7d

Moodle for virtual mobility: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=13702