In the table below please refer to the unit numbers of UNESCO Bioethics Core Curriculum, the available teaching resources from the regional ethics material, and names of cases developed in ASPAC (all the cases can be downloaded in one file here). All these materials are available in MSWord format for teachers to modify and edit according to their local needs and audiences, please contact to Prof. Darryl Macer at d.macer[at]unesco.org.
A teachers resource with explanation is available here (pdf file), and UNESCO Bioethics Core Curriculum: Section 1: Syllabus Ethics Education Programme [pdf,1417kb] Section 2: Study Materials [pdf, 314 kb]. Institutions who wish to enter into a MOU agreement with UNESCO for trials of the Bioethics Core Curriculum (over one course, several, one year or several years, etc.) should write to Prof. Darryl Macer at email: rushsap.bgk(at)unesco.org
CORE CURRICULUM UNIT & LEARNING OBJECTIVES | TEACHING MATERIALS & CASES |
Core Curriculum Unit 1: What is ethics? Learning objectives | A1. Making Choices, Diversity and Principles of Bioethics: English [.doc 270KB]/Chinese[.doc 278KB]/Japanese [.doc 293KB]/ Indonesian [.doc 282KB]/ Urdu [.doc file]/Vietnamese[.doc 300KB] Case study 1-1: Lifeboat A2. Ethics in history and love of life: English [.doc 324KB] |
Core Curriculum Unit 2: What is bioethics? Learning objectives | Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (A1.1, A2.4, A3) English [pdf 52KB] / French [pdf 57KB] / Japanese [pdf 246KB] / Chinese [pdf 440KB] / Arabic [pdf, 400KB] A1. Making choices, diversity and principles of bioethics English [.doc 270KB] Chinese [.doc 278KB] / Japanese [.doc 293KB] / Indonesian [.doc 282KB] / Urdu [.doc file] / Vietnamese [.doc file] A3. Moral agents: English [.doc 120KB] E5. Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease: English [.doc 45KB] Case study 2-1: Prenatal diagnosis and abortion |
Core Curriculum Unit 3: Human dignity and human rights (Article 3) Learning objectives | Casebook on Human Dignity and Human Rights, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series, No. 1. UNESCO, Paris, 2011: English [.pdf 1.98MB] G4. Human Rights and Responsibilities: English [.doc 85kb] F1. Revisiting the Body: English [.doc 91kb] Case study 3-1: Donor Sibling |
Core Curriculum Unit 4: Benefit and harm (Article 4) Learning objectives | Casebook on Benefit and Harm, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series No. 2. UNESCO, Paris, 2011: English [.pdf 2.07MB] A1. Making choices, diversity and principles of bioethics (A1.4, A1.5): English [.doc 270KB]/ Chinese [.doc 278KB] / Japanese [.doc 293KB] / Indonesian [.doc 282KB] / Urdu [.doc file] / Vietnamese [.doc 300KB] C2. Ethics of Genetic Engineering: English [.doc 84 KB] / Chinese [.doc 47KB] D3. Euthanasia: English [.doc 138KB]/ Chinese [.doc 134KB] / Japanese [.doc 124KB] Case study 4-1: Cosmetic surgery |
Core Curriculum Unit 5: Autonomy and individual responsibility (Article 5)* Learning objectives | D3. Euthanasia: English [.doc 138KB]/ Chinese [.doc 134KB] / Japanese [.doc 124KB] B7. Cars and the Ethics of Costs and Benefits: English [.doc 238KB]/Japanese [.doc 94KB] F1. Advances in Neuroscience and Neuroethics: English [.doc 259KB] Japanese [.doc 350KB] Case study 5-1: Doctor’s concern A1. Making choices, diversity and principles of bioethics (A1.4, A1.5): English [.doc 270KB]/ Chinese [.doc 278KB] / Japanese [.doc 293KB] / Indonesian [.doc 282KB] / Urdu [.doc file] / Vietnamese [.doc 300KB] |
Core Curriculum Unit 6: Consent (Article 6)* Learning objectives | D1. Informed Consent and Informed Choice: English [.doc 47KB] Thai [.doc 33KB] / Chinese [.doc file] / Indonesian [.doc 48KB] / Urdu [.doc file] / Vietnamese [.doc 56KB] D2. Telling the truth about terminal cancer: English [.doc 154KB] / Japanese [.doc 47KB]
Case study 6-1: Defensive medicine, Caesarean section |
Core Curriculum Unit 7: Persons without the capacity to consent (Article 7)* Learning objectives | D10. Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects: English [.doc 61KB] F3. The Neuroscience of Pleasure, Reward and Addiction: English [.doc 203KB] / Japanese [.doc 305KB]
Case study 7-1: Doctor suggests certain treatment after consideration |
Core Curriculum Unit 8: Respect for human vulnerability and personal integrity (Article 8) Learning objectives | E1. Lifestyle and Fertility: English [.doc 394KB] / Chinese [.doc 432KB] / Japanese [.doc 47KB] E6. Female Infanticide: English [.doc 72KB] G2. Child Labour: English [.doc 329KB] / Thai [.doc 1088KB]
Case study 8-1: Telling the truth or not to the terminal cancer patient? |
Core Curriculum Unit 9: Privacy and confidentiality (Article 9) Learning objectives | C4. Testing for cancer gene susceptibility: English [.doc131KB] / Japanese [.doc 82KB] C5. Genetic privacy and information: English[.doc 605KB] / Chinese [.doc 572KB] / Thai [.doc 41KB] / Japanese [.doc 136KB] Case study 9-1: Health insurance and privacy |
Core Curriculum Unit 10: Equality, justice and equity (Article 10) Learning objectives | A1.3.D8. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome): English [.doc 113KB]/ Chinese [.doc 106KB]
B6. Sustainable Development: English [.doc 1345KB] / Chinese [.doc 852KB] / Thai [.doc 447KB] / Japanese [.doc 519KB]
Case study 10-1: Triage |
Core Curriculum Unit 11: Non-discrimination and non-stigmatization (Article 11) Learning objectives | C7. Eugenics: English [.doc 137KB]
D9. AIDS and Ethics: English [.doc 145KB]/ Chinese [.doc 145KB] / Japanese [.doc 105KB]
Case study 11-1: HIV test and a result report to a couple |
Core Curriculum Unit 12: Respect for cultural diversity and pluralism (Article 12) Learning objectives | G1. Revisiting the Body: English [.doc 91KB] D4. Brain Death: English [.doc 128KB] / Chinese [.doc 146KB] D5. Organ donation: English [.doc 72KB] / Chinese [.doc 51KB] C3. Genetically modified foods: English [.doc 156KB] / Japanese [.doc 128KB] Case study 12-1: Baby with intersex condition |
Core Curriculum Unit 13: Solidarity and cooperation (Article 13) Learning objectives | C6. The Human Genome Project: English [.doc 74KB] G3. Peace and Peace-keeping: English [.doc 326KB] Case study 13-1: Defensive medicine, “Is there a doctor on board?” and Good Samaritan Law |
Core Curriculum Unit 14: Social responsibility and health (Article 14) Learning objectives | B6. Sustainable Development: English [.doc 1345KB] / Chinese [.doc 852KB] / Thai [.doc 447KB] / Japanese [.doc 519KB]
G1. Revisiting the Body: English [.doc 91KB] Case study 14-1: Medical tourism |
Core Curriculum Unit 15: Sharing of benefits (Article 15) Learning objectives | C9. Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights: English [.doc 78KB] / Japanese [pdf 29KB] / Thai [pdf file] / Turkish [pdf 98KB] / Indonesian / Vietnamese
D10. Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects: English [.doc 61KB] |
Core Curriculum Unit 16: Protecting future generations (Article 16) Learning objectives | C8. Human Gene therapy: English [.doc 202] E2. Assisted reproduction: English [.doc 254KB] / Chinese [.doc 261KB] / Japanese [.doc 79KB] E4. Choosing Your Children's Sex and Designer Children: English [.doc 47KB]
E5. Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease: English [.doc 45KB]
B8. The Energy Crisis and the Environment: English [.doc 1959KB] Case study 16-1: Brain enhancing drug use for adults |
Core Curriculum Unit 17: Protection of the environment, the biosphere and biodiversity (Article 17) Learning objectives | A4. Ethical limits of animal use Ethical Limits of Animal Use: English [.doc 244KB] / Chinese [.doc 240KB] / Japanese [.doc 101KB] B1. Ecology and Life: English [.doc 512 KB]/ Thai [.doc 345KB] B2. Biodiversity and Extinction: English [.doc 130KB] B3. Ecological Ethics: English [.doc 198KB] B4. Environmental Science: English [.doc 1294KB] B5. Environmental Economics: English [.doc 1804KB] B9. Ecotourism: English [.doc 194KB] / Japanese [.doc 143KB] |
A Regional Bioethics Action Plan is available in several languages, including goals of bioethics education and a series of recommendations:
[ENGLISH, INDONESIAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE, KHMER, THAI, URDU, VIETNAMESE].
Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights [ENGLISH, CHINESE, INDONESIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, RUSSIAN, THAI, VIETNAMESE]
Book on participatory exercises - Darryl R.J. Macer. 2008. Moral Games for Teaching Bioethics (UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa, Israel) (book pdf file 1.8Mb; bookcover, 800KB pdf file).
A Bioethics Dictionary [in English] is also available.
This page of RUSHSAP, UNESCO provides many teaching materials that may be also used as teaching materials. It would be appreciated that Institutions who are considering to use the UNESCO Core Curriculum in Bioethics in Asia and the Pacific countries contact rushsap.bgk at unesco.org to be associated to the formal trials of the curriculum, with evaluation on its applicability to your institution.
This page was modified on 3 August 2011.