2020-2021 Catalog

PHIL-363 Bio and Medical Ethics

An examination of the moral problems facing health-care practitioners, their patients, and others involved with the practice of medicine in today's society. Issues include euthanasia, the ethics of medical experimentation, the use of reproductive technologies, genetic counseling and genetic engineering, truth-telling and confidentiality in doctor-patient relationships, the cost and availability of medical care. Normally offered every third year.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

PHIL-119, or PHIL-123, or PHIL-127.

Offered

Occasionally