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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHL 2060 - Biomedical Ethics

Credits: 4
A critical examination of moral issues in medicine and bioethics. Topics will be selected from among the following: the physician relationship; informed consent; research ethics; issues at the end of life including euthanasia and physician assisted suicide; the allocation of scarce medical resources; race and gender in medicine; reproductive and genetic control, etc. Ethical theories and principles will be introduced to help analyze the chosen issues.
Prerequisite(s): PHL 1000 .
Fulfills: E in LS Core