Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | HEALTH LAW AND ETHICAL ISSUES | ||||||
Course Unit Code | MHM512 | ||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 4 | ||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||
Course Contents | The course is divided into two parts: Part A: Theoretical foundations. The first part revolves around the question of relations between law, morality and politics. Starting with current concepts intuitively follows a non-specialist, analyses the main features of law and morality, and contradicted the legal positivism, which teaches the lack of necessary relations between the two. Highlights the importance of moral evaluations and the work of the legislator and judge and analyse the major ethical and political aspects of the law, such as autonomy, democracy, fundamental rights and justice. Public and Private Sector Health, Constitutional obligations of the State Central Administration of Health, Regional Health Administration, Legal Administration hospital orderly administration of the regional units of hospitals, Central Board of Health Collective bodies of units providing health and legal operation. Official state of health officials. Rules of procedure and related health facilities headquarters. Committees of healthcare associated infections and lawful operation. Code of administrative procedure in the public and broader public sector. Analysis of the above legislation bioethics. Analyse legislation Clerical Code
Part B: The second part revolves around the question of legitimate legislative intervention in bioethical issues. Starting from the position that in this case we can expand our knowledge but to solve practical dilemmas, primarily sought to expose a rational and reasonable way of formulating the relevant issues in order to express them and to determine the process of resolving them. Bio-Medical Ethics / Bioethics: Introductory knowledge, definitions, historical background. Rough overview of bioethical issues, cultural differences and historical evolution, current concepts. Introduction to individual bioethical issues: Issues of the principle of life (assisted reproduction, sterilization, fetal rights, abortion, prenatal diagnosis, genetic interventions, eugenics, cloning). Issues the end of life (euthanasia and assisted suicide, transplantation). Issues of clinical relevance (information, permission/ denial of the patient, communication difficulties, privacy movement of clinical information, vulnerable groups of patients). Issues of bio-medical research (limits and abuses). Issues of distribution of health goods (equality, priority, individual responsibility). Vows, contracts, codes, committees. Critique of Bioethics. | ||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Also analyzed case studies and exercises conducted with the participation of students. | ||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |