Courses
| Course title: | Nursing Ethics |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Department: | Department of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Course code: | UOM / ENET |
| Credits: | 5 |
| Semester: | Winter / Summer |
| Level of study: | |
| Format of study: | Practical classes 10 [Hours/Semester] |
| Name of the lecturer: | doc. PhDr. Radka Bužgová, Ph.D. (G) |
| Language: | English |
| ISCED F broad: | Health and welfare |
| Annotation: | The course focuses on the ethical issues of performing a non-medical profession in health care. It introduces the integration of ethical principles into ethical codes and deals with ethical dilemmas in dealing with healthcare professionals towards clients/patients. Objectives: - Understand the value system that forms the basis for the value system in health care. - Understand the nature of the change in the relationship between the medical profession - client/patient (paternalism - partnership) - Know the relationship between ethical and legal standards. - Know the importance of confidentiality. - Know the importance of the right of the patient to self-determination. - Know the principles of telling the truth to the patient. - Understand the ethics of dying and death. - Know the basics of ethical code of non-medical professions. |
