Bioethics and Biotechnologies

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Expository method with appeal to the analysis and critical reflection on the contents agreed in interaction in the classroom.
-Continuous Assessment: relevant Interventions in the analysis introduced in class as a response to the problems in context from the quotidian.
It is intended the student’s involvement, the alert to the current themes, weighting and consolidating critical reflection on the actions arising from the decision-making process.
-Summative evaluation: Test (proof of long answer/essay on the mentioned themes in the program contents (50% of the total evaluation) + Written assignment (50% of the total evaluation). In case of non approval the student is eligible to a Final Exam.

The student must acquire knowledge to:
• Recognize the main concepts and ethical and moral theories that fall into decision-making.
• Relate their Praxis with the legal framework and the consequent impact on job performance.
• Identify, contact and treat the patient, with dignity and respect.

The student must acquire skills for:
• Establish an empathetic relationship with the patient towards the collective good.
• Apply approaches to anti-discrimination and take into consideration the physical, psychological, social, cultural and religious needs.

The student must acquire competences for:
• Take responsibility underlying the study and treatment of the patient.
• Obtain informed consent and clarified for any examination/treatment.
• Show a good character and professionally integrate good professional standards in private life.
• Manage ethically reflecting human and material resources.

– The subject of Ethics. Ethical Dilemmas. Structure and terms origin. Deontology and Ethics.
– Health systems Distributive justice. Equality in acceding to healthcare.
– Ethics as a need for conduct guidance. Neurosciences in Consciousness studies.
– Ethical issues in health research.
– The Informed and Clarified Consent. The privacy invasion. Clinical secret.
– The Importance of Decision Making. The Voluntary pregnancy interruption/ Abortion.
– Ethical Perspectives of new imaging and therapeutic techniques.
– Medically assisted procreation. Prenatal diagnosis. Genetic engineering.
– Ethical Issues in the end of life. Ageing populations.
– Analysis of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights and other reference documents.
– The functioning of the Ethics Committees.
– Euthanasia / Dysthanasia analisys.
– Nanotechnology. The limits the therapeutic application. CRISPR-Cas9. HAPILLness – Voluntary oral dosing in rodents.
– The Rights and Duties of the patient. Discussion on Collective Vaccination.

• - Frequency - 50.0%
• - Individual and/or Group Work - 50.0%

• - Exam - 100.0%

NAO

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