PHIL 3330 - Biomedical Ethics

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of Philosophy or junior standing, or instructor consent.
This course will focus on using moral theories to evaluate ethical issues that principally arise in the practice of medicine. Topics will range from beginning-of-life issues to end-of-life issues and may include abortion, cloning, genetic manipulation, the limits of doctor-patient confidentiality, the right of patients to refuse medical treatment for themselves or a dependent, human medical testing, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the use of life support equipment.