Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:
- Understand the concept of moral philosophy
- Identify issues of child autonomy and issues surrounding the therapeutic duty
- Identify issues around therapeutic practice and privacy
- Understand the links between public health and autonomy
- Explain the emergence of liability in contemporary medical law
- Identify the legal consequences of medical malpractice
- Describe the importance of genetics in medicine
- Understand the importance of the protection of genetic information
- Identify challenges, limitations and issues related to the ‘improvement’ of the human body
- Understand the importance of the protection of personal data
- Describe European legislation on the protection of personal data
- Plan the writing of a research protocol
- Draft an application for approval of a research project by bioethics committees
Course Content
- The concept of ethical philosophy
- Child autonomy and therapeutic duty
- Therapeutic practice and privacy
- Public health and autonomy
- The emergence of liability in contemporary medical law
- Legal consequences of medical malpractice
- The importance of genetics in medicine
- The protection of genetic information
- “Improvement” of the human organism: Challenges, limitations and issues
- Protection of personal data
- European data protection legislation