Health Care in Theological Context II

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This is the second course in a two-semester sequence, which aims to help students wisely and faithfully to interpret and make use of contemporary systems and practices of health care in their interactions with patients, parishioners, and health care practitioners. Whereas modern biomedicine took shape within the past two centuries, Christians draw on more than 3000 years of reflection, struggle, and innovation around health and illness, suffering and care. In this two-semester course, students explore Christian traditions regarding health, illness, and practices of caring for the body, using these traditions as lenses to understand, appreciate, and critique contemporary health care practices. In this second course (spring semester), we build on what was learned in the fall to focus on the ethical questions that emerge in the practices of health care.