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LevelMedical Ethics (B-KUL-U04A9A)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Schotsmans Paul (coordinator) |
Borry Pascal |
Schotsmans Paul
Aims
1. To acquire insight into the historical development of medical ethics
2. To acquire insight into and learn to use three important ethical argumentation models
- the Hippocratic model
- "Principlism" (well-being, non-damage, autonomy, justice)
- to translate both preceding traditions into ethical argumentation models: the deontological model, the utilitarian model and the teleological model (with special attention to personalism and personalistic medicine)
3. To apply these argumentation models onto special domains of medical ethics (6h seminar under the guidance of a clinician)
- Doctor-Patient Relation
- Ethical problems regarding the application of reproduction technology
- Ethical problems regarding the insights into human heredity
- Ethical problems regarding palliative medicine
Previous knowledge
The minimal prior knowledge is an introduction into philosophy (first bachelor year arts).
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Slides, transparencies, courseware
Toledo / e-platform
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Order of Enrolment
This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
E01B5A : Xenotransplantation: An Ethical Clarification
E02B5A : Clinical Ethics: The Functioning of Hospital and Research Ethics Committees
U06B5A : Clinical Ethics: Functioning of the Commission for Medical Ethics
Is also included in other courses
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Bachelor of Medicine (Kortrijk)
180 ects.
- Bachelor of Educational Studies (Kortrijk) (A2: Module Medicine) 180 ects.
Activities
2.0 ects. Medical Ethics (B-KUL-U04A9a)
Content
The main theoretical argumentation models in medical ethics are presented and practised. The 3 models are:
- the Hippocratic model
- "Principlism" (well-being, non-damage, autonomy, justice)
- to translate both preceding traditions into ethical argumentation models: the deontological model, the utilitarian model and the teleological model (with special attention to personalism and personalistic medicine)
Description of learning activities
During the lectures the students are expected to react responsively to the discussion of the various cases, which are an exercise in learning to argument ethically. This means the course is mainly an interactive course.
Course material
- Paul Schotsmans, Medische Ethiek, course notes with the course service of the Faculteitskring Medica.
- J. Vermylen & P. Schotsmans (Red.), Ethiek in de kliniek. 25 jaar adviezen van de Commissie voor Medische Ethiek, Faculteit Geneeskunde, K.U. Leuven. Leuven, Peeters, 2000.
