Transdisciplinary Ethics in Health

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The classes aim to introduce the new themes to the students, in a way not only expository but also demonstrative, always fostering interactivity and reflection. At the end of each module will be presented and discussed practical cases, for training of argumentation and ethical deliberation.

Assiduity will be controlled; in order to successfully complete this curricular unit, it must be present in 3 of the 4 modules taught.

 The final evaluation of this curricular unit will be done through a written evaluation test – 100%.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to present ethics as transdicipline between health care and other areas of knowledge, with which care intersects. This is the only way to achieve a global ethical analysis of the ethical dilemmas and conflicts that arise in Health.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Ethics and Demography

• Fertility

• Migrations

• Aging

2. Ethics and Health Economics

• Theory of Justice: the good of the person and the common good

• Affecting resources

• Organizational justice

3. Bioethics and Biolaw

• From Bioethics to the Right

• Goodwill and Fundamental Rights

• The Institutionalization of Bioethics: Biopolitics and Biolaw

4. Closing Conference

• Ethics and Human Rights.

Head Lecturer(s)

Duarte Nuno Pessoa Vieira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Para além de todos os artigos, textos, códigos, pareceres, declarações e convenções que são disponibilizados no âmbito de cada tema lecionado, poem ainda ser consultadas as seguintes fontes bibliográficas | In addition to all articles, texts, codes, opinions, declarations and conventions that are made available within the scope of each theme, the following bibliographic sources should also be consulted:

1. Ética – dos Fundamentos às Práticas.  Coord. M Céu Patrão Neves. Edições 70. 2016.

2. Ética Aplicada - Saúde. Coord. M Céu Patrão Neves e Jorge Soares. Edições 70. 2018.

3. Ética Aplicada – Economia. Coord. M Céu Patrão Neves e João César das Neves. Edições 70. 2017.

4. Bioética Simples - M Patrão Neves, W Oswald. 2ªed. Editora Verbo, 2014.

5. Fundamentos de Bioética - D Gracia. Gráfica de Coimbra, 2007.