- Docente: Arianna Giorgetti
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/43
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 6064)
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from Oct 20, 2025 to Dec 01, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student will have the knowledge to develop critical thinking skills regarding the main bioethical issues of the midwifery profession, after having framed them historically.
Course contents
Deductive and inductive reasoning
Main ethical theories
The ethics of the four principles: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice
The ethical problem of patient information
Ethical issues related to HIV
From contraception to voluntary termination of pregnancy and a conservative or liberal approach to abortion
Medically assisted procreation - ethical and regulatory issues
Readings/Bibliography
Slides are usually sufficient. For further information: - Bioethics: Methods and Basic Elements for Addressing Clinical Problems. Cattorini, Elsevier - Principles of Biomedical Ethics. by Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress, Letters
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, during which students will be given time to work in groups on practical cases, to recognize the ethical principles involved and possible resolution strategies.
Assessment methods
Written exam, usually a multiple-choice quiz. Typically, 32 questions and one hour of time.
Teaching tools
interviews with the teacher
Office hours
See the website of Arianna Giorgetti