Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Philosophy and Medical Ethics
Course Code
LUSDK_036
Branch of Science
Ethics; Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medical Services; Nursing Science
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Reinis Vilciņš
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk@rsu.lv, +371 67061575
About Study Course
Objective
Course objective is to introduce students to the basic princples of medical ethics and its underlying philosophical and ethical assumptions.
Preliminary Knowledge
Not required.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.-
Skills
1.-
Competences
1.-
Assessment
Individual work
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Auditorium
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2
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Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues
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Auditorium
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2
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Philosophy and argumentation
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Philosophy and argumentation
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2
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Philosophy of science
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2
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Ethics and moral reasoning
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2
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Consequentialist ethics and duty-based ethics
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Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues
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Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights
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Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights
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Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues
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Self and free will
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Oral)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Philosophy and argumentation
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Auditorium
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Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights
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Ethics and moral reasoning
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Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues
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Medical ethics and its main contemporary issues
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Auditorium
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Virtue ethics, Natural Law, and Human Rights
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Irbe, A. Par kādu šķirkli Nacionālajā enciklopēdijā
2.
Konvencija par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā - Konvencija par cilvēktiesībam un biomedicīnu (Ovjedo, 04.04.1997.)
3.
Neiders, I. Ārsta asistēta nāve [šķirklis]
4.
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948Suitable for English stream
5.
UNESCO. Casebook on Benefit and Harm, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series, No. 2, Paris: UNESCO, 2011.
6.
UNESCO. Casebook on Human Dignty and Human Rights, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series, No. 1, Paris: UNESCO, 2011.Suitable for English stream
7.
Viljamss, Dž. R. Medicīnas ētikas rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Latvijas ārstu biedrība, 2009.
8.
Vorbertons, N. Filozofijas pamati. Rīga: Raka, 2001 [1999]. 88.-99. lpp.
9.
Thomson, J. J. A Defense of Abortion // Ethics: Contemporary Readings. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. Pp. 267-274.Suitable for English stream
10.
Callahan, S. Pro-life Feminism // Ethics: Contemporary Readings. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. Pp. 275-283.
11.
Singer, P. Animal Liberation // Ethics: Contemporary Readings. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. Pp. 284-292.Suitable for English stream
12.
Mežinska, S. Biomedicīnas ētiskās problēmas // Biomedicīnas ētika: teorija un prakse. Rīga, RSU, 2006. 140.-181. lpp.
Additional Reading
1.
Biomedicīnas ētika: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RSU, 2006.
2.
MacKinnon, B., Fiala, A. Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Cengage Learning, 2014.Suitable for English stream
Other Information Sources
1.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy /ed. by J. Fieser, B. DowdenSuitable for English stream
2.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [database] /ed. by E. N. ZaltaSuitable for English stream