Ethics in Healthcare: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives

3 credits · Graduate School

This course examines a broad range of theological and philosophical methods for addressing ethical questions in American healthcare. Texts will be drawn from Protestant and Catholic Christianity, Jewish thought, contemporary Anglo-American philosophy and the virtue traditions. Issues to be considered will include those at the beginning and ending of life, routine patient care and questions of health policy and social justice. Churchill and Meador. [3]