Special Topics in Bioethics

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: BIET 6005. The course examines current ethical issues that emerge from developments in biotechnology and biomedics, and from the complexity of contemporary society. Emergent topics in the bioethics field related to global bioethics, ethics at the beginning and the en d of life, bioethics and genetics, social construction of human suffering, among others, will be presented. The course will be developed through discussion seminars and critical analysis of special topics investigated and presented by students in team work groups. Also, lectures and discussions will be presented by invited professors. During the course, student is expected to integrate and apply the theories presented in previous courses to the discussion and critical analysis of the topics.