Titel: Medical Ethics
Termin:
17.9.2001
Veranstaltungsort:
London
in the course of their normal working lives. For instance, is it right or wrong to
"facilitate" the death of someone experiencing irremediable pain in the late
stages of terminal illness? How should scarce resources of time, money and
skill be apportioned by medical practitioners and medical administrators
between the diversity of medical needs that present themselves daily? What
are the rights and wrongs of being "economical with the truth" when telling
patients about their medical condition? How much should the doctor's view
of what should be done and not done to benefit a patient over-ride the
patient's view?
All too often, issues such as these have been confronted somewhat tangentially
and briefly during the initial training of medical, nursing and allied professionals,
and tackled subsequently with uneasy pragmatism by practitioners. In
particular, reasoned argument was not encouraged in many traditional
courses.
The course will: Clarify the meaning and significance of key ethical concepts;
outline important types of ethical theory, and their relevance to medical
ethics; offer a conceptual framework useful for ethical analysis of medico-moral
problems in a variety of professional contexts; give opportunities to participants -
under supportive conditions - to articulate their current medico-moral attitudes,
and explore reasoned arguments that challenge their existing assumption
and ethical stances.
Kontakt:
Mr. Bang Nong
Centre for Continuing Education
Imperial College
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
GB - London SW7 2AZ
Tel.: +44 (0) 20 7594 6882
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7594 6993
b.nong@ic.ac.uk
http://www.ad.ic.ac.uk/conferences/
Schlagworte: Medizinische Ethik