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CODE 89845
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/43
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

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    

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNAMARIA BAGNASCO (President)

GIANLUCA CATANIA (President)

BRUNO CAVALIERE

ROSAGEMMA CILIBERTI

FRANCESCO COPELLO

GRAZIELLA COSTAMAGNA

GUGLIELMO DINI

PAOLO DURANDO

MARINA SARTINI

ANGELA TESTI

CAMILLA TETTAMANTI

MILKO ZANINI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination.

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

 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral, the most suitable for verifying the student's expository and argumentative skills and for encouraging the development of a problematic perspective and a personal critical vision.