HLTH 307 - Issues and Ethics

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Description: Discussion of major ethical issues confronting the practice of medicine and biomedical science. Examines the sources, fundamental principles, and the application of ethical frameworks that help to analyze contemporary questions in medical ethics. Applies ethics to the issues of confidentiality, truth telling, autonomy, paternalism and informed consent, reproductive issues, biotechnology, euthanasia, and justice in the healthcare system.

Meeting Information

Info current as 11/13/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
M  9:00 AM  -  11:50 AM  Bell Tower 1642 1/20/2018 - 5/25/2018 Carol Mack

Status: Open
Class Number: 2947
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/20/2018 - 5/25/2018
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 33
Available Seats: 2
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780199796236
Title: Bioethics: Prin, Issues & Cases
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Vaughn

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division