Ethical Decision-Making in Care Services for Older PeopleLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

• strengthen their ability to identify, understand and address ethical issues in services for the older people, produce well-founded solution proposals and evaluate the possible consequences from different perspectives
• recognize the characteristics and dimensions of ethically conflicting situations
• utilize ethical problem-solving models in professional decision-making

Content

• key ethical principles and ethical theories, research evidence on ethical problems in services for the older people
• definition and dimensions of an ethical conflict/problem
• ethical problem-solving models