- 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
![Good health and well-being](https://www.unibo.it/++resource++unibo.didattica/sdg/en/03.jpg?v=2)
![Peace, justice and strong institutions](https://www.unibo.it/++resource++unibo.didattica/sdg/en/16.jpg?v=2)
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.