Ethics in Drug Development Production and Use

3 Credits

Governments, health professionals, patients and research institutions look to the field of ethics for guidance on how decisions should be made in the treatment of patients and in research. A process for ethical decision making. Basic theories and principles of biomedical ethics, with emphasis on utilitarianism. Application of principles to subjects such as informed consent, abortion/contraception, physician-assisted dying, experimentation with human subjects, and confidentiality.