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Current "Contemporary Issues in Bioethics" Course

76125-01 - Seminar: Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: Ethics of Geriatric Care (2 KP)

SemesterHerbstsemester 2025
Angebotsmustereinmalig
DozierendeBernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Elisabeth Stock (elisabeth.stock@unibas.ch)
Olga Vinogradova (olga.vinogradova@unibas.ch)
LernzieleThe goal of the lecture is for students to learn about, understand and to reflect on several of the contemporary ethical and practical issues in geriatric care, both in Switzerland and globally. These include decision-making, patient autonomy, resource allocation, emergency care, advance care planning, clinical ethics consultations, intercultural competence, and economic considerations.
LiteraturWith a growing aging population, healthcare systems face increasing ethical challenges in providing compassionate, equitable, and effective care for older individuals. This lecture series explores the complex ethical landscape of geriatric care, addressing ethical dilemmas that arise in medical decision-making, patient autonomy, and resource allocation. The series begins with an overview of key ethical issues in geriatric care before delving into specialized topics. It includes ethical considerations in emergency care for older patients, and the complexities of advance care planning in hospital settings. We also examine the role of clinical ethics consultations, the importance of intercultural competence in caring for older individuals, and the economic considerations that shape healthcare decisions. To gain deeper insight into these ethical dilemmas and how they might be addressed, we will hear from leading international experts in the field.
The “Contemporary Debates in Bioethics” is a lecture series, which is offered once every semester by the Institute for Biomedical Ethics. It is designed for students of the University of Basel, but also open to the public. Each semester, the lecture focuses on another aspect of current debates and potential ethical concerns and conflicts. During the fall semester of 2025, the focus of the lecture will be on the older population.
If you have any questions concerning the format, the learning objectives and/or your participation, please do not hesitate to contact Elisabeth Stock via Email: elisabeth.stock@unibas.ch
BemerkungenMondays, 12:15 – 13:45
22.09 – 01.12 (no lecture on 24.11, different room on 13.10.2025: USB Gebäude B, Hörsaal 1)
USB Gebäude B, Hörsaal 3
Spitalstrasse 21, 4056 Basel
TeilnahmevoraussetzungenThe seminar series is open to both Unibas students and the general public.
Unibas students who wish to receive 2 ECTS to their transcript have to register to the course on the Course Directory and attend in-person in order to get the credit points.
If you are not an Unibas student, or do not wish to receive credit points, you may either attend the sessions in-person or over Zoom (a link will be sent a few days before each session).
UnterrichtsspracheEnglisch
ModuleAufbaumodul (Teil C) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich)
Basismodul (Teil A) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich)
Doktorat Bio- und Medizinethik: Empfehlungen (Promotionsfach: Bio- und Medizinethik (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2025))
Doktorat Pflegewissenschaft: Empfehlungen (Promotionsfach: Pflegewissenschaft (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2025))
Modul: Biblische und systematische Theologie (Masterstudium: Theologie)
Modul: Ethik des Christentums - materiale Ethik, Ethik der Lebensführung (ST/E 2) (Master Studienfach: Theologie)
Modul: Ethik des Christentums – materiale Ethik, Ethik der Lebensführung (ST/E 2) (Masterstudium: Theologie)
Modul: Praktische Philosophie (Master Studienfach: Philosophie)
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Masterstudium: European Global Studies)
Wahlbereich Master Pflegewissenschaft: Empfehlungen (Masterstudium: Pflegewissenschaft)
PrüfungLehrveranst.-begleitend
SkalaPass / Fail
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