BIOETHICS |
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| Course Number: | PHIL-215 |
| Course Description: |
Case studies and primary source readings
highlighting central theories, issues, and problems in bioethics,
generally, and biomedical ethics, specifically. Bioethical concerns
including the right to live and die, paternalism versus autonomy
and the patient's bill of rights, biomedical experimentation and
research, reproductive technologies, social and institutional
justice, and healthcare duties, responsibilities, and relationships.
Both normative ethics and metaethics considered. Offered spring
of even-numbered years. 4 credits. (UQ) Back to Course List |