1012P - OUTLINE OF AN INTRODUCTORY ETHICS TEXTBOOK

PART A: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1. Ethical Theories and principles
2. Fiqhi basis of ethical reasoning
3. Professionalism
4. Physician and patient rights
5. Ethics of working in a healthcare team

PART B: CLINICAL ETHICS

6. Consent
7. Privacy and confidentiality
8. Truthfulness and disclosure
9. Conflicts due to dual obligations
10. Cosmetic surgery
11. Transplantation
12. Cloning
13. Clinical research

PART D: REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

14. Abortion
15. Contraception
16. Assisted reproduction
17. Genetics
18. Maternal-fetal conflict

PART E: END OF LIFE ISSUES

19. Palliative care
20. Euthanasia
21. Artificial Life Support

PART C: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY

22. Allocation of resources
23. Preventive medicine