Interdisc Health Care Ethics

2 Credits · Level: Graduate

Bioethics is a field of study directed to the interdisciplinary ethical analysis of the moral dimensions of health professional practice; this includes an analysis of moral character and vision, judgment, decision-making, clinical practices, health policies, etc. Toward this end, the goals of this course are: 1) to introduce the wide range of ethical issues in health care; 2) to familiarize students with the bioethical literature that addresses these issues; 3) to develop the basic skills of analysis, interpretation, moral communication, and argument used in bioethics, especially as it affects nurses and other professional caregivers, functioning separately and jointly, and 4) to facilitate the application of those habits of thought that integrate bioethics into the intellectual and moral life advanced practice nurses.