PHIL 3250 - Biomedical Ethics

3 hours

Prerequisites: ENGL 1101 with a grade of “C-” or better or Permission of the Instructor
An examination of moral issues in healthcare, biomedical research, and changing medical technology. The course looks at assumptions make in doctor/patient relationships, and in the notions of health, disease, and disability. It explores questions of death and dying, genetic reproduction, animal experimentation, and more. The approach will be both philosophical and practical, in the attempt to apply ethical theories to biomedical issues.