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Apr 24, 2024
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RELG 249 - Issues in Medical Ethics Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4HU
This course offers an analysis of selected issues in medical ethics and the methods of ethical reasoning used to study these issues, focusing on attendant religious, moral, and legal questions. The orientation of the course is clinical. Issues are framed and explored as issues addressed in a medical context, using case studies throughout. Topics to be addressed include such issues as death and dying, medical research and human experimentation, privacy and informed consent, public health, genetic engineering and the allocation of scarce resources.
Enrollment Limit: 40 Instructor: J. Babyak
Prerequisites & Notes: :This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements): Law and Society. This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Law and Society
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