Casuistics as pedagogy to teach Bioethics

Authors

  • Robert T. Hall Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Querétaro.

Keywords:

Pedagogy, Bioethics, casuistics, decisions taking.

Abstract

Even though most of the teaching-learning educative processes in Medicine should follow a methodology and are ruled by Didactics, this is not always right from the Bioethics point of view. The purpose of the education in bioethics is the development of taking-decisions skills, not only in the domains of knowledge and learning. Taking decisions requires practice in allowing for several considerations, not in a deductive way, but from a personal perspective. Therefore, the authors of this article consider that casuistics, as methodology of Bioethics pedagogy, is more appropriated than principialism. It is included here a brief introduction to casuistic pedagogy.

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Author Biography

Robert T. Hall, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Querétaro.

Bioeticista de la Unidad de Bioética de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Director del Capítulo México del Programa CREEI (Caribbean Research Ethics Educational Initiative)

References

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Published

2017-07-12

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Hall RT. Casuistics as pedagogy to teach Bioethics. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2017 Jul. 12 [cited 2025 Jan. 9];39:813-20. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/2126

Issue

Vol. 39 (2017): Suplemento 1

Section

Opinion article

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