Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina e Cure Palliative (D.I. 1109/2021)

History of Medicine

Course code

4S02663

Name of lecturer

Sara Patuzzo

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Academic sector

MED/02 - MEDICAL HISTORY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

The module aims to provide students with the tools necessary to address the key issues affecting medical ethics in its historical evolution up to the contemporary bioethical debate, with particular emphasis on the care relationship in the context of end-of-life.

Syllabus

Introduction to Bioethics: Origins, Features, Research Methodology, and Core Paradigms of the Debate. Models of Doctor-Patient Relationships: Medical Paternalism and Informed Consent-Dissent. The Competent, Partially Competent, and Incompetent Patient.
END-OF-LIFE BIOETHICS
The bioethical debate on clinically inappropriate and ethically disproportionate interventions. Palliative care. Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. The bioethical debate on euthanasia and medically assisted suicide. Advance directives and advance care planning.

Assessment methods and criteria