Syllabus
Basic terminology, nursing ethics, bioethics. Major ethical theories. Ethical principals in the context of healthcare (respect for autonomy, non/maleficience, beneficience, justice) .Quality of life, dignity, patients autonomy.Patients rights in current legislative norms.
Legal and moral accountability of nurses, nurses rights, maltreatment.
Ethics of virtues, ethics of care.
Ethics of clinical research.
Annotation
The subject is taught in the second year of the program General nursing. It acquaints the students with basic terminology, philosophical background of biomedical ethics, everyday ethical problems, as well as major ethical dilemmas.