Aims

At the end of this program the student must realize that the practice of medicine has to take into account many societal dimensions and rules; care and cure have ethical, deontological, legal, economical and public health dimensions.
The student faced with the clinical problems must be able to rise and formulate the appropriate questions in the fields of ethics, deontology, law, economics and public health.

Main themes

The meaning of disease for the patient and the clinician, the respect of the patient in his body and freedom, the responsibility of the care giver, the promotion of health, the patient's education, mistakes and fault in medical practice, national health organisation, the founding of national resources for medical care, the quality of care and the quality of health, equity in the use of resources for medical care.

Content and teaching methods

The student has to analyse a particular problem from the context of the practice of medicine starting from his clinical experience and ending with the oral presentation of his analysis and solution proposals.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

The personal work of the student is presented and defended facing a jury.

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