Health and Ethics in Health

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

This unit comprises two distinct periods. Initially, it will result in a theoretical review of the subject under review. It follows a period of discussion and interaction between teachers and students, with the presentation of simulated cases and real.

Learning Outcomes

In the field of Health Law:

1. To analyze the medical responsibility of the health care provider, individually and collectively, in the different aspects of the law.
2. Provide the conceptual development in the informed consent.
3. Provide an analysis of the legality of the provision of health care.

 

In this context, the student will be able to: a) understand the legal conditions governing the liability of suppliers and b) to recognize the legal constraints in particular situations such as confidentiality, organ transplants and Mental Health.

 

In the field of Ethics in Health:

1. Providing the exercise of an ethic of responsibility!
2. Know the assumptions of proper conduct undertaken by associations of stakeholders professionals in providing health care .

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

In the field of Health Law
The assumpt of liabil
The legal and compl with the leges artis,includ:the right to informat and consent, the right to professional secrecy and non-discriminat
Confident and clinical data protect
Transp of organs and tissues of human origin
Ment Health Act
Legal regulat of human genet
The right of clinical trials on medicinal product
In the field of Ethics in Health
The guidel and rules of conduct for health workers face cult and technol develop
The rights and duties of the elements involved in the provis of a health service supp their self-regulat, the perspect of the provider and the social impact of this provi , and its failure , the seizure of responsib. In this sense we will cover in Medical Law , the role of Medical Ethics and Professional Ethics
No framew for the topic of this unit we will make a critical look at the provis of health, aiming at the protect of Life and Phy Integ and Psychic of the Human Person
The protect and access to clinical data.

Head Lecturer(s)

Isabel Margarida Figueiredo Silvestre

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The assessment (0 to 20 values) is done by written test without consultation: 100.0%

Bibliography

1.PEREIRA G. Direitos dos pacientes e responsabilidade médica. Coimbra Editora, Fevereiro 2015.

2.Código Civil Português

3. Código Penal Português

4. Pereira, André Gonçalo Dias, O Consentimento Informado na Relação Médico-Paciente. Estudo de Direito Civil, Publicações do Centro de Direito Biomédico, 9, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2004.

5. Pereira, André Gonçalo Dias, “Breves notas sobre a responsabilidade médica em Portugal”, Revista Portuguesa do Dano Corporal (2007), Ano XVI, N.º 17, pp. 11-22.

6. ENTIDADE REGULADORA DA SAÚDE, Relatório da Carta dos Direitos dos Utentes, 2010.

INSPEÇÃO GERAL DAS ATIVIDADES EM SAÚDE,

.  “Inspecção, monitorização do erro médico e acções judiciais com pedido de indemnização por deficiente assistência médica, nos Estabelecimentos e Serviços do Serviço Nacional de Saúde” – Processo  nº 248/2008

.  Inspeção sobre Monitorização do Erro Médico e Acções Judiciais com Pedido de Indemnização por deficiente Assistência Médica (Follow Up) - PROCESSO N.º 44/2010-INS.