Fundamentals of Biomedical Ethics B

LFILO2201  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Fundamentals of Biomedical Ethics B
5.0 credits
30.0 h
1q

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s)
Botbol Mylene ; Dupuis Michel ;
Language
Français
Prerequisites

Some instruction in the history of philosophy and philosophical anthropology. Some instruction in the life sciences.
 

Main themes

The first part of the course describes the main lines of the philosophical and biomedical context of contemporary biomedical ethics. Basic theories and concepts are analyzed. From that point various practical questions are studied, coming from various areas of biomedical practice : conception, end of life issues, health care policy, etc.

Aims

At the end of the course the student should be able :
- to identify and discuss theories and concepts that are part of various current approaches in biomedical ethics
- to analyse in depth a particular problem in biomedical ethics
- to appreciate the interdisciplinary aspects of this area
- to link the givens of problems in this area with developments in contemporary scientific research

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

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Content

Starting from clinical and bioethical, classical and emerging fields, we are looking for (implicit or explicit) philosophical roots of evaluation (public opinion, public policy, professionals, etc.). A special attention will be devoted to an emerging question - the metabioethics.

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