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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Second cycle degree course in
Medical, veterinary anf pharmaceutical biotechnologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

BIOETHICS
cod. 14199

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Storia della medicina (MED/02)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
14 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Learning objectives

The student will acquire the fundamental methodological and cultural tools to face ethical issues underlying biotechnological applications and techniques.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

1. Introduction. Ethics - Bioethics - Deontology. Principles and methods. 2. Biotechnology and Bioethics. The human genome, cloning, stem cells. 3. Assisted fertilization. 4. The human embryo. 5. Grafts from dead donors, from living donors, from transgenic organisms. 6. Bioethics and the environment. 7. Ethics in biomedical research. 8. Ethics and economics in human health. 9. Patent discipline: ethical implications.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Material will be provided

Teaching methods

Oral lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

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