Foundations of Health Care Ethics.

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This course introduces undergraduate students to health care ethics. It includes the philosophical underpinnings of health care ethics, examples of health care dilemmas, and examples of legal documents that are important during the course of health care delivery. Some of the topics discussed include, but are not limited to, euthanasia (active and passive), hospice, abortion, patient rights, the refusal of chemotherapy, and medical use of marijuana for adjunctive cancer pain treatment.