Protection of Mothers and Children
Course code
STL6008.YK
old course code
STL6008
Course title in Estonian
Emade ja laste kaitse
Course title in English
Protection of Mothers and Children
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Direct student towards thinking about child’s rights since being a new-born, the rights of sick child in hospital conditions, role of family and medical staff in guaranteeing the child’s rights.
Brief description of the course
Medical help of premature babies and new-borns in Estonia. Humanistic neonatal medicine. Mother and child contact. Medical-psychological work with mothers and families in the neonatal unit. Right to live, right to die (problems of medical ethics). Abandoned children. Problems of family birth. Father’s role in family birth. Child with (multiple) disabilities in hospital and at home. Medical and social aspects of deeply premature babies from social worker’s point of view.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of child’s rights from the period of a new-born;
- understands the role of family and medical staff in guaranteeing child’s rights.
- has knowledge of child’s rights from the period of a new-born;
- understands the role of family and medical staff in guaranteeing child’s rights.
Teacher
Lektor Adik Levin (PhD)
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