Syllabus
There are five lectures and seven seminaries in 3rd year. The topics of the lectures are as follows:
1. Human Genome Project I. History and Biology
2. Human Genome Project II. Law and Ethics
3. Genomic Revolution. A. Jolie. Patenting of Human Genes. Gen-ethics and synt-ethics.
4. Gen-ethics. Ethics of Genetics. Seminar topics are: Paternalism and partnership Autonomy in the context of suffering, illness and search for meaning Autonomy and responsibility. Ethical aspects of psychosomatic approach Informed consent I: introduction Informed consent II: placebo, autpsy, organ donation, Jehova´s witnesses Informed consent III: autonomy and suicidal behaviour, confidentiality, SPIKES model, kazuistry Problematics of slippery slope (good and evil in man I) Lucifer effect (good and evil in man II)
Annotation
Main topic of seminars is principle of autonomy, topics for particular seminars are: paternalism and partnership in medicine, autonomy in the context of suffering and crisis, informed consent (very detailed, at least three seminars), responsibility of the patient for his illness (in the context of psychosomatic approach). Last two topics are focused on problematics of good and evil in man and phenomenon of slippery slope.
Which circumstances lead us to evil behaviour and to slippery slope?