2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHI 364 - Biomedical Ethics


Scientific and medical advances have brought with them a host of difficult ethical questions: what is health?  When does life begin or end?  How ought we to distribute scarce medical resources?  What is the role of medical providers, pharmaceutical companies,  families and individuals in making difficult decisions about health and treatment? This course will introduce a range of ethical issues particular to scientific research and health care systems. The goals will include the recognition of ethical problems, the development of skills in articulating, analyzing and offering solutions to such problems,  a critical assessment of health care options, and finally, explore ways to negotiate ethical responses respectfully across differences 

1 semester. 3 credits.