KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Know the main models of Bioethics that animate the debate in Italy
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Discuss the main bioethical issues (beginning and end of life, clinical experimentation) by declining the models learned during the lessons and through individual study.
MAKING JUDGEMENT
Arguing one's point of view in relation to the main issues of bioethics
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Use, appropriately and with specific language, the concepts of Bioethics learned during the course
LEARNING SKILLS
Be able to critically analyze articles dealing with bioethical issues.

 The reasons of a course in Bioethics in the Dental Care Degree Course (difference between bioethics and deontology).
 Birth and development of bioethics in a complex and constantly evolving context (from tolerance to pluralism, from paternalism to autonomy).
 Ethical principles (autonomy, charity, not maleficence, justice).
 Major issues according to different approaches: beginning of the life; end-of-life; organ harvesting and transplantation; clinical trials; ethical issues relating to genetics; care giver’s vaccinations; the pandemic experience

Paolo M. Cattorini, Bioetica. Metodo ed elementi di base per affrontare problemi clinici, Edra, Milano, 2016
Giuseppe Naretto et alt., Ethical Life Support, Il pensiero Scientifico Editore, Roma 2018
Corbellini G. Lalli C. Bioetica per perplessi, Mondadori Università, Firenze, 2017
Documents and references to websites of interest will be provided

 What is Ethics
 Professional ethics
 The intrinsically ethical nature of care.
 The biographical dimension of the illness.
 Birth and development of bioethics in a complex and constantly evolving context (from tolerance to pluralism, from paternalism to autonomy).
 Ethical principles (autonomy, charity, not maleficence, justice).
 Bioethical models
 Bioethical models (pro life, pro choice)
 Feminine and feminist bioethics
 Major issues according to different approaches (beginning of the life; end-of-life - palliative care (decision-making process and the advance health care directives); long-term illnesses - shared planning of care).
 Ethics of clinical trials
 Vaccinations from an ethical point of view

Face-to-face lectures

Oral exam. The student will have to identify and argue the main ethical problems connected to a health practice or a clinical situation