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Author: Farina, Juan Jorge Michel¹

Source: Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Volume 22, Number 1, March 2009 , pp. 105-117(13)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Since its origins, cinema has promoted awareness of ethical problems. With the expansion of the film industry, these subjects have reached wider audiences, promoting interesting discussions inside and outside the academic world. Meanwhile, studies of explicit ethical subjects related to Science and Technology have increased, as has the attention paid to Human Rights problems. This paper describes a unique model of using scenarios in the form of film clips from popular television series and films to teach human rights from a perspective of bioethics. The methodology has been developed over twelve years of teaching and research by the Department of Ethics and Human Rights in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Buenos Aires. This approach has been developed for mental health intervention in disasters and applied in a course utilizing multi-media materials that has been organized to facilitate understanding the articles of the Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights and to promote interest and research in a new field intersecting psychology, human rights, health and legal issues. An illustration of the technique is presented, using an episode from a popular television drama.

Keywords: bioethics and human rights; multi-media educational materials; cinema and ethics; Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Right

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09515070902853946

Affiliations: 1: Senior Professor, Department of Ethics and Human Rights, UBA Program for Science and Technology, International Bioethical Information System, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, and Program Director,

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A model for teaching bioethics and human rights through cinema and popular TV series: A methodological approach