HLTH433-14T3 (C) Term Three 2014

Bioethics A

This occurrence is not offered in 2014

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 7 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 31 August 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 20 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 17 August 2014

Description

This course examines frameworks for moral decision making in the health sector.

Decisions made in the delivery of health care often involve making moral choices when the ‘right’ thing to do is not immediately obvious. For example:
What should clinicians do if they prescribe a treatment that they know will save the life of the person in their care but this is refused because of a piece of popular literature that advises against it?
What should managers do when clinicians want a newly developed, expensive piece of equipment that has been shown to improve clinical outcomes but the institution they work in cannot afford it?
Bioethics is a recent phenomenon that was developed to help people make difficult decisions about health care, health research and the application of technical advances.
HLTH433 introduces students to moral frameworks that can be used to address health care related decisions in the NZ context.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of the course students will have an understanding of:
  • Comparative moral theory and concepts
  • The causes of moral/ethical issues in healthcare settings
  • The responsibilities of people working in the health sector when ethical issues arise
  • Critical appraisal techniques for resolving ethical dilemmas and their application.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School

Restrictions

HLTH407, HLTH607, PHIL433

Course Coordinator

Lauretta Muir

The co-ordinator and lecturer from the University of Canterbury will teach the course along with a number of guests invited from within the University, health and other sectors. Students may also attend a regional ethics committee meeting as timetabling allows. (The Southern Health and Disability Ethics Committee (SHDEC) meeting dates had not been publically notified at the time of writing).

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Online Test 25 Jul 2014 25%
Case resolution (1500 words) 22 Aug 2014 50%
Written assignment (1000 words) 24 Oct 2014 25%


The course is taught in accordance with University policies. Assessment information and grading system will be posted on UC LEARN2.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Munson, Ronald; Intervention and reflection : basic issues in bioethics ; 9th ed; Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2012.

Recommended Reading

Berglund, Catherine Anne; Ethics for health care ; 4th ed; Oxford University Press, 2012.

Kuhse, Helga. , Singer, Peter; A companion to bioethics ; 2nd ed; Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Manning, Joanna; The Cartwright papers : essays on the cervical cancer inquiry, 1987-88 ; Bridget Williams Books, 2009.

Parks, Jennifer A. , Wike, Victoria S; Bioethics in a changing world ; 1st ed; Prentice Hall, 2010.

Required reading:
Topics will have assigned readings that will be referenced on LEARN2, the University’s online course support website http://www.learn.canterbury.ac.nz/, or sourced by students from the UC library databases.
Students will be required to access and download PDF files of journal articles from UC Library.

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The course is taught in accordance with University policies. Assessment information and grading system will be posted on UC LEARN2.

Assessment and grading system

Grade    GPA      Marks

A+           9         90 – 100
A             8         85 – 89
A-            7         80 – 84
B+           6         75 – 79
B             5         70 – 74
B-            4         65 – 69
C+           3         60 – 64
C             2         55 – 59
C-            1         50 – 54
D             0         40 – 49
E            -1          0 – 39

A Pass is 50 marks or over

Where to submit and collect work

Students will be expected to submit their assessment via the online assessment system in the Learn class site by 5.00pm on or before the due date.  The lecturer may also ask students to submit assessment work through the software Turnitin, to check for plagiarism. If this option is available students will submit work through Turnitin and obtain a report, after submitting assignments for marking via the Learn site.

It is the responsibility of the students to check their Internet access and ability to submit their work via the online system.  Any technical difficulties should be notified well in advance of the due date so that assistance can be provided or alternative arrangements can be negotiated. If you require assistance, please email ictservicedesk@canterbury.ac.nz, or phone 366 7001 ext 6060.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $946.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

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