Overall objectives:

1 - Identify the scope of intervention of the technician to promote the quality of life of the elderly.
2 - Distinguish different types of normativity and professional responsibility.
3 - Reflect on the importance of ethics, deontology and legislation for professional practice.
4 - Recognize the relationship between client rights and professional responsibility

Syllabus:

1 - Regulation of the profession: functional content, competences and performance evaluation.
2 - Ethics, deontology and legal and professional responsibility.
3 - Elderly person rights and humanization of services.

Literature/Sources:

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Camargo, M. , 2005 , Fundamentos da Ética Geral e Profissional , Petropolis: Vozes
Cortina, A., Martínez, E. , 2005 , Ética , Loyola
Galvão, P. , 2015 , Ética com razões , Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Perelman, C. , 2002 , Ética e direito , Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.
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Silveira de Brito, J. H.(Coord) , 2007 , Ética das profissões: actas do Colóquio , Braga: Universidade CatólicaPortuguesa: Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
The aim is to acquire and apply the knowledge foreseen in the objectives and syllabus contents. Assessment Methodology: Classification Type: Quantitative (0-20) Assessment according to Model B of the UMa Student Learning Assessment Regulation, namely in normal season. The approval of the curricular unit implies approval in all components (minimum 9.5). There is possibility of recovery in resource/improvement season for all components. The final classification is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20 values and is the teacher's responsibility.