Course Details

Legal Medicine and Bioethics

MS0379

Course
Legal Medicine and Bioethics
Code
MS0379
Academic Year
2025/2026
Curriculum Year
2023/2024
Degree Programme
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Credits
5
Lecture Hours
58
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-FIL/02 - Logic and Philosophy of Science, SPS/07 - General Sociology, MED/36 - Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, MED/44 - Occupational Medicine, MED/43 - Legal Medicine
Course Type
Integrated learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
3
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
NOVARA, FOSSANO, ALESSANDRIA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
The course aims to give students the keys to understanding the issues related to their profession from a forensic, bioethical and sociological point of view, as well as providing them with the elements of diagnostic imaging and occupational medicine useful for practicing the profession. .
Reference Texts
Bucchi-Neresini: Sociologia della Salute – Carocci
A.M. Destro: Altrove, oltre la soglia – Unicopli
Articoli tratti da: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience – Sage ed. 2010
Stem Cell Research Encyclopedia – Sage ed. 2010
- A. Carriero - "Dal sintomo all'imaging...dall'imaging alla radioterapia" - Idelson Gnocchi 2018
A. Sacco, M. Ciaravella, G. De Lorenzo, "Medicina del Lavoro per le
professioni sanitarie" - EPC ed. , 2011
G. Campurra "Manuale di Medicina del Lavoro", IPSOA (per eventuali
approfondimenti)
Bioetica e laicità. Nuove dimensioni della persona a cura di Rodotà,
Rimoli. Ed.Carocci
A.M. Destro – Grief, mourning and bereavement in cross-cultural
perspective – Sage 2010
A.M. Destro – National Right to Life Committee – Stem Cell Research
Encyclopedia – Sage 2009
A.M. Destro – Rethinking disability: the autonomous body – UCL/S-Mary
Twickenham Univ., maggio 2014
Puccini C., Istituzioni di medicina legale, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana 2003
- Canuto A., Tovo S., Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Piccin Editrice,
Padova 1996
- Papi L. , Elementi di Medicina Legale per Infermieristica, Edizioni Plus
Pisa University Press 2009
- Zagra M., Argo A., Madea B., Procaccianti P., Medicina Legale orientata
per problemi, Elsevier srl, Milano 2011
- Rodriguez D, Aprile A. Medicina Legale per infermieri. Carocci ed. 2010
- Gino S, Caenazzo L, La violenza sulle donne. Definizioni e caratteristiche
di un fenomeno globale, Piccin Nuova Libraria s.p.a, Padova 2019
- Benci L. Aspetti giuridici della professione infermieristica. Mc Graw Hill
ed. 2011
- GINO S., CAENAZZO L., La Medicina Legale nella protezione dei Diritti Umani, Piccin Nuova Libraria S.p.A., Padova, 2021.
- “Narrare la violenza. Cultura, cura e clinica” (a cura di Annamaria Fantauzzi), Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l, Roma, 2020
- Codice penale
- Codice civile

- Law texts
- Material proposed by the teacher during the lessons
Learning Outcomes
The overall objective is to provide the knowledge tools necessary for a correct approach to the application in the field of the principles of forensic medicine, bioethics, sociology, occupational medicine and diagnostic imaging useful for the exercise of the specific profession.
Prerequisites
Consult each course
Teaching Methods
Lectures with slides and individual study on topics proposed in the lessons.
During the lessons, students will be invited to reflect on different issues through open discussion
Additional Information
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.
Assessment Methods
The exam will consist of a written assignment (open and/or multiple choice questions).
The exam is aimed at assessing the knowledge and understanding of the course contents. The exam will focus on the entire program developed in class.
Detailed Syllabus
Please, consult the program of each course. It should be noted that the integrated course also includes lessons and moments of reflection aimed at “Integrating gender issues”. For example, the Bioethics course will address the issue of gender-based violence, and students will be invited to explore the topic in depth during group presentations scheduled at the end of the course.
Expected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, each student must have acquired the the knowledge, skills and transversal skills related to the different courses useful for undertaking their profession in the health field.

Moduli

Course year 3
Code MS0300
Course Bioethics
Lecturers Sarah GINO
SSD M-FIL/02
Campus NOVARA
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 1
Course year 3
Code MS0361
Course Sociology
Lecturers GIACOMO BALDUZZI
SSD SPS/07
Campus NOVARA
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 1
Course year 3
Code MS0049
Course Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapypy
Lecturers IVAN Gallesio
SSD MED/36
Campus NOVARA
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 1
Course year 3
Code MC093
Course Occupational Medicine
Lecturers Corrado Zanardi
SSD MED/44
Campus NOVARA, FOSSANO, ALESSANDRIA
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 1
Course year 3
Code MC094
Course Forensic Medicine
Lecturers Sarah GINO
SSD MED/43
Campus NOVARA
Curriculum CORSO GENERICO
Credits 1
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