Ethical-moral courses of action and active citizenship in health students

Cunha, Madalena; Martins, Rosa; André, Suzana; Albuquerque, Carlos; Cunha, Maria

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Ethical-moral courses of action and active citizenship in health students

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dc.contributor.author	Cunha, Madalena
dc.contributor.author	Martins, Rosa
dc.contributor.author	André, Suzana
dc.contributor.author	Albuquerque, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Cunha, Maria
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-02T10:39:39Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-02T10:39:39Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.date.updated	2016-12-02T17:05:46Z
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Introduction: The practice of active citizenship, ethical-moral courses of action and civic, moral and ethics education are essentials for ethical decision making in health. Objetive: To determine if gender influences students’ ethical- moral course of action. Methods: Descriptive study with a non-probabilistic sample of 85 students enrolled in the 1st cycle of the health degree. Results: Of the participants surveyed 61.2% were found to say that action should take into account their moral principles, with ethical/ moral subjectivism prevailing; 44.7% consider that one should “Do what will have the best consequences for the greatest number of people”, with the principle of utilitarianism being significant; 55.3% think that “An action is ethically good” if “It is in accordance with morality”, thereby highlighting subjectivism/relativism; 45.9% believe that “ethical-moral values” “are relative and vary from society to society” agreeing with relativism as an explanatory principle for action. Males showed a greater tendency to support their decision-making with the principle of objectivism, (Fischer=.010). Conclusion: The results suggest that students’ ethical-moral education is required to promote an ethical-moral course of action in their professional practice. Thus, universities with their health courses should be at the forefront of this education, making their graduates ambassadors/interveners of a way of knowing and of being as well as promoters of the dignity of the citizen of the modern world.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier	1877-0428	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Cunha, M., Martins, R., André, S., Albuquerque, C., & Cunha, M. (2016). Ethical-moral courses of action and active citizenship in health students, Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 217, 329-336. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.02.096	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.02.096	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1877-0428
dc.identifier.issn	1877-0428
dc.identifier.issn	1877-0428
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3573
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Elsevier	pt_PT
dc.relation	FCT, IPV, CI&DETS	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281600121X	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Action	pt_PT
dc.subject	Ethical	pt_PT
dc.subject	Moral	pt_PT
dc.title	Ethical-moral courses of action and active citizenship in health students	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	336	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	329	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	217	pt_PT
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