- Docente: Elisabetta Lalumera
- Credits: 1
- SSD: M-FIL/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5709)
Learning outcomes
At the end of this module students will be able:
- to identify the main ethical issues arising in the communication between doctor and patient, and between healthcare institutions and citizens
- to discuss simple reality-based cases
Course contents
Introductory course, no background in philosophy is required.
- Ethics, law and deontologies (profesisonal codes): differences
- Main contemporary ethical frameworks (Utilitarianism, Kantian theories, Principlist, virtue, feminist and case-based ethics)
- Ethics in doctor-patient communication
- Ethics in healthcare institution-citizen communication
Readings/Bibliography
Lalumera, E. (2022) Etica della comunicazione sanitaria. Bologna, il Mulino.
PPt of classes are part of the syllabus.
Same syllabus for attending and non-attending students.
Teaching methods
Online classes, discussion of examples.
Assessment methods
Oral colloquium. The oral test is passed with correct answers to 2 questions. An answer can be incorrect for the following reasons:
- absent, insufficient or incomplete understanding of key concepts presented during classes
- absent, insufficient or incomplete knowledge with parts of the required readings
Teaching tools
PPt presentations.
Office hours
See the website of Elisabetta Lalumera
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.