Biomedical Ethics

Undergraduate

This course provides an introduction to ethical issues in health care and medical research, and it also surveys some of the relevant laws and social policies. Topics include abortion, assisted death, allocation of scarce resources, cloning, decisional capacity and informed consent, genetic enhancement, human and animal experimentation, and stem cell research. Prerequisite(s): One year of university study. Antirequisite(s): Credit can be obtained for only one of PHIL 2713 or BIOT 3473.