PHIL 303 Biomedical Ethics

An introduction to bioethics which examines human nature, moral action, and moral reasoning within the context of medicine and health care. Topics investigated may include reproductive technologies, abortion, experimentation on human subjects, genetic therapy, euthanasia, brain death, doctor-patient relationships, and the just allocation of health care. Enduring Questions addressed: The Human Condition. Nursing students only.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Open to students in the School of Nursing only, who have taken one of the following pairs: PHIL 201 & PHIL 202 or PHIL 211 & PHIL 212 or HSPH 101 & HSPH 102