UONP018 Ethic and Philosophy in Midwifery

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
16/4/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tatiana Rapčíková, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Yvetta Vrublová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Římovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Timetable
Mon 4. 4. 8:55–12:10 C311, Wed 6. 4. 13:55–17:10 C311, Tue 12. 4. 8:05–11:20 C311, Wed 20. 4. 15:35–18:50 C311
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UONP018/A: Mon 28. 2. 13:05–15:30 C311, 15:35–16:20 C311, Z. Římovská
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on ethical and philosophical questions of performing non-medical healthcare vocations. It introduces to the integration of ethical principles to ethical codes and addresses ethical dilemmas of healthcare professionals dealing with clients. It provides a brief overview of the development of ethical and philosophical thinking and an overview of the current main ethical concepts. Ethical dilemmas in midwifery.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge: Students know the basic concepts, approaches and theories of ethics and related philosophical disciplines and can define and explain them orally and in writing.
Professional Skills: Students can use existing ethical approaches to solve model and real situations and they are able to reflect and comment on their decision-making processes.
General Qualification: Students are able to navigate the world of value and use critical thinking to solve ethically relevant situations.
Competences: Students are able to take care of clients responsibly and with respect to the adopted system of positive values and ethical principles in accordance with their developed conscience.
Syllabus
  • 1. Philosophical disciplines. Ontology, epistemology, axiology, ethics, aesthetics, logic, history of philosophy. Place of ethics in the system of philosophical disciplines. The subject of ethics. Overview of basic terms of philosophy, ethics, medical ethics and bioethics.
  • 2. Gnoseology, epistemology and the role of knowledge in ethics. Types of knowledge according to Carper. Truth criteria. Critical thinking.
  • 3. Historical development of philosophy, ethics and morals. Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Historical development of ethics and morality. Modern Age.
  • 4. Basic ethical approaches and theories. Deontology, consequentialism, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, ethics, social implications, pragmatic ethics.
  • 5. Ethical principles. Non-maleficience, beneficence, autonomy and others.
  • 6. Value foundations in ethics. Axiological systems and value classification.
  • 7. Medical ethics. Research subject and contemporary issues of medical ethics. Bioethics.
  • 8. Questions of beginning, course and end of life. Meaning of life. Thanatology.
  • 9. Assisted reproduction and other issues of bioethics. Ethical issues associated with the development of technology.
  • 10. Conscience, privacy, shame and psychological aspects of ethics. Helping behaviour and altruism.
  • 11. Ethical dilemmas in midwifery.
Literature
    required literature
  • ADAMCZYK, R. Filozofie a etika v ošetřovatelství [online]. c2015, posl. akt. duben 2018 [cit. 2018-04-15]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-182-2. Dostupné online z .
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Lékařská etika. Praha:Galén, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7492-204-6. info
  • KLIMKOVÁ, Andrea. Ošetrovateľská etika: teória, prax, poradenstvo. Banská Bystrica: Belianum Filozofická fakulta UMB, 2017. 177 s. ISBN 978-80-557-1282-6.
    recommended literature
  • ANZENBACHER, A. Úvod do etiky. Praha: Academia, 2001. 292 s. ISBN 80-7192-698-1.
  • GIFFORD, F., ed. Philosophy of medicine. Oxford: North-Holland, 2011. 590 s. Handbook of the philosophy of science; Vol. 16. ISBN 978-0-444-51787-6.
  • PTÁČEK, R., ed.. BARTŮNĚK, P., ed. Kontroverze současné medicíny. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2016. 325 s. Edice celoživotního vzdělávání ČLK. ISBN 978-80-204-4360-1.
  • ILLICH, I. Nemesis medicíny. Brno, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87171-264. info
  • OLY, Y., ed., KNOPPERS, B. M., ed. Routledge handbook of medical law and ethics. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015. 480 s. Routledge handbooks. ISBN 978-0-415-62818-1.
  • SLANÝ, J., JAVOROVÁ, L. Etika ve zdravotnictví. Žilina: Georg, 2011. 102 s. ISBN 978-80-89401-56-7.
  • ZLÁMAL, J Etika, legislativa a organizace zdravotnictví ČR. Prostějov: Computer Media, 2016. 119 s. ISBN 978-80-7402-247-0.
Assessment methods
credit test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2021.
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