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RELG 249 - Issues in Medical Ethics


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Law and Society
Next Offered: 2011-2012

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU
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 psychiatric practice, medical research and human experimentation, privacy and informed consent, public health, and the allocation of scarce resources.
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: J. Swan Tuite
Consent of the Instructor Required? No



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