AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Promoting awareness about the relevance of “Medical Humanities” in the development of the training course of the health professional.

In particular, the course aims to:

• promote knowledge of the ethical principles and rules relating to the exercise of the nursing profession;

• provide the critical and methodological tools necessary to address the various bioethical issues relating to the protection of health and respect for the assisted person

• provide correct tools for approaching and managing the various problems concerning the relationship with the assisted person, with particular regard to  building of a adequate relationship, and a "humanization" of medicine.

• develop a critical analysis of the implications of the various issues relating to early life, reproductive technologies, pain treatment and end-of-life choices.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons.

The module includes  lectures, seminar sessions, complemented with small group activities in the classroom, film views and discussion.

In the event of a health emergency, the lessons will be carried out remotely using the Office365-Teams platform in synchronous or asynchronous mode.

Please refer to the specific AulaWeb application for teaching for any updates due to changes in the health and epidemiological situation.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Bioethics: historical notes

•Bioethical principles

• The relationship between team-assisted person

• From "tu cure" al "to care"

• Informed consent and responsible choice

• Ethics of responsible procreation and voluntary termination of pregnancy

• The moral status of the embryo

• Sexuality and procreation

• Conscientious objection

• End of life choices

• Humanization of medicine

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Didactic material provided on line; Opinions of the National Bioethics Committee available at http://www.governo.it/bioetica/pdf/60.pdf

Cavicchi I—Numico GM, La complessità che cura  Dedalo, Bari 2015