Bioethics

Expository lectures with audio-visual and interactive resources between student and teacher.
Up to 25% of hours can be taught in remote mode. Students will be monitored throughout each semester with questions as a complement of education.
Two hours per week will be available, with pre-defined schedule with the student.
Teaching support of all the matter taught will be delivered to the student or bibliographical references recommended for each subject, at the beginning of the semester.
Continuous evaluation;
A written frequency corresponding to 75% of the evaluation, whose classification must be higher than 9 values;
A written group assignment, presented orally in the classroom, which corresponds to 25% of the evaluation, whose classification must be higher than 9 values;
The final grade will be the weighted average of the grades obtained in each evaluation and must be equal to or greater than 9.5 values.

– Sensitize students to the ethical issues, particularly those related to health;
– Analyze the ethical implications related to the advancement of technology and medicine;
– Contribute to a better understanding of ethical issues and their applicability in the professional field;
– Know personal nature values and the underlying ethical principles allowing a reflection on their applicability in the profession and in society in general;
– Identify new ethical paradigms and adopt a critical approach in decision making;
– Understand and analyze specific concepts and apply them in the context of ethical problems.

1. BIOETHICS – GENERAL CONCEPTS
2. ETHICS, BIOETHICS AND PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
Distinction between ethics and morality
Distinction between ethics and law
Distinction between ethics and religion
The principles
Fundamental principles in bioethics: beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice
The informed consent
Autonomy and the right to privacy
Responsibility of the health professional
The professional secrecy / confidentiality of clinical data
Rights and duties of patients
3. BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Codes of ethics and codes of practice
Code of Ethics for Audiologists
4. ETHICS AT THE END OF LIFE
5. SPECIFIC TOPICS:
Bioethics, disability and rehabilitation
Bioethics, and aging populations
Bioethics, euthanasia and dignity of death
Bioethics and HIV infection
Bioethics, society, health and quality of life
Medically assisted reproduction
Bioethics and sexuality
Environment, biodiversity and biopolitics
6. EVALUATION

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