SOCI 4050
Ethical Issues in Health and Healthcare
A study of the diverse ethical frameworks that inform and interrogate health, healthcare, and biomedicine. Potential topics include: history of bioethics; critical bioethics; ethics of care; health inequities; Indigenous healthcare; human enhancement; novel genetic technologies; ageing; vaccine politics.
Topics
- history of bioethics
- critical bioethics
- ethics of care
- health inequities
- Indigenous healthcare
- human enhancement
- novel genetic technologies
- ageing
- vaccine politics
Course catalogue
Prerequisites & course information
Also listed as ANTH 4050 . Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing or permission from the instructor. Seminar three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027