Bioethics

Catalog description

A course designed specifically for those concerned with ethical problems facing medical professionals and generally for anyone with an interest in the relation of ethics to biomedical issues. The course examines the nature of ethics and morality, the variety of ethical theories and normative ethical principles, and the practice of applying such concepts to specific cases and issues within the biomedical sciences. Topics covered include issues in the professional–patient relationship, termination of life, reproductive rights and technologies, and allocation and public policy.