Ethical Legal and Social Issues of Precision Medicine

Catalog description

This course examines the ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of precision medicine technology, and particularly the potential misuse of genomic information, privacy, ownership of genetic information, open versus informed consent, and accessibility. It also addresses social issues that have developed or may develop in the future as a result of these types of genomic knowledge. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to describe existing and potential future ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of precision medicine technologies. Prerequisites PMGC 501: Introduction to Genetics and Genomics PMGC 502: Genomics of Rare and Complex Diseases