Values and Ethics in Biobehavioral Health Research and Practice

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This course examines bases for choices among values in personal and professional relations in human development processes and supporting services. This class is meant to give students both background knowledge of and practice in the process of ethical decision making. Students will learn the historical, philosophical, and psychological concepts underlying the study of morality and ethics. Course content will include the history and rationale for regulations regarding the ethical practice of research, medicine, and public health.