Biomedical Ethics

Catalog description

The intent of the course is to introduce students to core issues of biomedical ethics. Ethics, in general, investigates answers to the questions of what we should value, and on what theories we might base decisions regarding how we are to live and act. Biomedical ethics looks to answer these questions within the context of medical care and its distribution. It raises questions of the rights and duties of health care providers and patients, and of the moral dilemmas that arise in context of the American medical system.