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SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY / FACULTY OF PHARMACY
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List of questions
1. Deontological theories of ethics.
2. Utilitarian theories of ethics.
3. The principles of medical ethics
4. Justice and medical ethics: the allocation of scarce medical resources.
5. Paternalism in medical practice
6. Informed consent
7. Information disclosure for terminally ill patients
8. Advance Directives
9. Medical confidentiality
10. Experimentation on human subjects
11. Objection to Transplantation of Organs and Counterarguments
12. Ethical probems of live organ donation
13. Organ donation from brain-dead donors: the system of donor cards.
14. Organ donation form brain-dead donors: presumed consent
15. Stages of Dying
16. Active and Passive Euthanasia
22. Withdrawing and withholding life sustaining treatment.
Important notes:
To participate on at least 75% of the total number of lessons is a prerequisite for getting
the signature. (Two absences from the lectures is the maximum number permitted.) The
student can make up for the absences in practicals held at other times elsewhere.
Justification of an absence: Doctor’s certificate
Semester requirement: To participate on at least 75% of the total number of lessons.
Grade: The result of the semi-final.
Sign up for the exam: Through the NEPTUN system.
Modifying of the exam date: Through the NEPTUN system.
Justification of absence from the exam: A telephone message to the secretary of the
Institute.
Textbook:
Conrad Fischer—Caterina Oneto (2009): USMLE Medical Ethics: The 100 cases you are most
likely to see on the exam (Second edition) New York: Kaplan Publishing ISBN: 9781419553141