The aim of the course is to present the historical development of bioethics up to the latest knowledge by analyzing them on current socially relevant issues, to acquaint students with bioethical standards and achievements, focusing on human rights and their protection. By exchanging different teaching methods - lectures, seminars, group work and encouraging the study of real cases of Croatian and foreign courts on bioethical topics critically thinking about the possibility of protecting human rights in today's world from the dangers that threaten them due to the accelerated progress of biomedical sciences. The content of the course includes the analysis of the following topics: 1. What is bioethics and its content and distinguishing determinants from medical ethics. 2. Human dignity as an essentially contentious concept. 3. Basic bioethical principles: innocence, charity, autonomy, justice: limitations and conflicts. 4. Informed consent v. Principle of paternalism. 5. Prohibition of discrimination and stigmatization. 6. The relation between morals and rights: the appeal of conscience. 7. Bioethical considerations about the beginning and end of life. Three groups definition of death. Legal status of death and organ transplantation. 8. Specific bioethical topics: bioethics in the process of scientific research on humans, euthanasia and distancing (medical uselessness), prostitution, circumcision, and other socially relevant topics from the bioethical aspect.

After completing and passing the course, students should be able to: Recognize, describe and classify basic methodology and principles of bioethics, Interpret bioethical principles in accordance with international achievements, Give examples of human rights in the focus of bioethics and assess the possibilities of their protection, Recognize bioethical dilemmas in problem issues, Analyze real cases and apply bioethical principles in them, Discuss, argue and represent opinions on given bioethical topics,