- Docente: Francesca Ingravallo
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/43
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5907)
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from Dec 05, 2024 to Dec 17, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the student has the knowledge to develop critical skills with respect to the main bioethical issues of the nursing profession and basic skills for the rational management of the ethical problems encountered in the concrete situations of clinical practice
Course contents
Introduction to bioethics. Ethical dilemmas and practical dilemmas. Principlism.
Telling the truth. Utilitarianism. Deontologism.
Ethics of care. Personalism. Abortion and conscientious objection.
End-of-life issues. Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments. Therapeutic obstinacy. Euthanasia and assisted suicide.
At least one third of the lesson hours will be devoted to exercises in small groups followed by discussion in plenary. During the lessons, topics of discussion not included in the program may emerge, which will be deepened as case studies if deemed necessary by the students.
Readings/Bibliography
Cattorini: Bioetica, Elsevier, Milano, 2011.
Teaching methods
Lessons, casework discussion
Assessment methods
The exam will consist of a written test, consisting of open questions and closed-ended questions, which aims to evaluate the achievement of the educational objectives: to know the main ethical theories and the most relevant ethical issues of the nursing profession.
At the end of the course the students will receive an example of how the questions will be structured and the relative evaluation.
Teaching tools
PC, video projector.
Office hours
See the website of Francesca Ingravallo
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.