UAc
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Ethics in Health Care

Objectives

1) Describe the stages of the ethical decision-making process;

2) Identify fundamental values for nursing practice;

3) Establishing the relationship between ethics and multiculturality;

4) Discuss the ethical principles inherent in human sexuality;

5) Discuss legal and ethical-ethical aspects related to the life cycle.

Skills to be developed

The curricular unit contributes knowledge to the development of general skills as defined by the Tuning project:

Cginst - 1, 2, 7, 8 & 11

Cginterpess - 13, 14, 16,17,19 & 20

Cgsis - 2, 21, 22 & 23

 

The curricular unit contributes knowledge to the development of skills of the General Care Nurse defined by the Order of Nurses at the level of:

Cenfcg - A1 & A2; B1 (23, 24, 27, 29), B2 (34), B3 Text field with 1000-character Text limit (Text (Characters: 1210 (Text: 1000 | Formatting: 210))

Syllabus

Ethical dilemmas and decision-making
Personal and professional values in nursing practice
Autonomy and responsibility
Compassion and solidarity
Fidelity and veracity
Ethics and multiculturality
Ethics and sexuality
Legal and ethical-ethical aspects related to the life principle: medically assisted procreation
Legal and ethical-ethical aspects related to life-long situations: marginalisation/discrimination of people with HIV/AIDS, organ transplants, refusal of treatment
Legal and ethical-deontological aspects related to the end of life: proportionate and disproportionate means; frivolous treatment; transmission of bad news; living will; euthanasia; distanasia or therapeutic obstinacy

Teaching Methods

In the theoretical component the expositive-interactive methodologies for content systematization are privileged and in the theoretical-practical component the analytical and reflective methodologies are combinedwhether by the preparation of group work by students with supervision of the teacher and subsequent presentation and debate in the classroom.

3
ECTS Credits

Evaluation Methods

4 Smart test 30.0%
Frequency 70.0%