HEPL

Notions of deontology obtained in the previous lectures.

To raise ethic questions and discussions between participants from different paramedical studies in order to call in question a priori ideas

To take into consideration the pluralism of values of a modern democratic society.

To be sensitive to the variety of questions risen by any medical or paramedical action.

To know the legal and institutional bases

Conceptual frame:

· Ethics, morale, deontology, law…

· The health jobs

· Deontologic principles applied to the different professions

· Medical deontology

· Basic principles of the medical ethics

Institutional references in Belgium and abroad

· The different forms of Ethic Committees.

· Charters, Codes, Agreements and Pacts

· The Universal Declaration of the Human Rights

· The Agreement on the Human Rights and Biomedicine

· The Charter of the Rights and Liberties of the Elder dependant person.

· The law about euthanasia

Ill-treatment of elder persons

· Abuse indicators

· Preventive measures, legal measures, assistance to victims.

Ethics of end of life :

· Therapeutic obstinacy

· Euthanasia

· Situation on national and international level

· Various philosophic approaches

Ethics of the lifeless body.

COBBAUT J.P. (2004),

Droit et éthique de la santé

, syllabus diffusé par Résodoc, UCL, Bruxelles

GIRARDIER J. et al. (2005),

Les situations extrèmes en soins palliatifs

, Unité de soins palliatifs : La Mirandière, France

LAMAU M.L. (1996),

Manuel des soins palliatifs

, Ed. Dunod, Paris, 559 p.

LEGAULT G.A. (1999),

Professionnalisme et délibération éthique : manuel d'aide à la décision responsable

, Presses de l'Université du Québec, Sainte-Foy, 206 p.

Revues

: Ethica Clinica, 1998 à 2006

Le Moniteur Belge : Recueil des Lois et arrêtés Royaux

Internet

:

www.health.fgov.be

www.inserm.fr/ethique

www.ccne.ethique.fr

www.

md.ucl.ac.be/ebim/codes.htm

Interactive lecture. Analysis of official documents and texts. Anslysis of cases and real situations. Meetings with other professionals and intervening parties at school or outside