Academic Catalog 2018-19

PHIL 1109 Ethics in Healthcare

An introduction to ethical theory in Western philosophy followed by an investigation of contemporary ethical problems drawn from the field of health care, e.g., scarce resource allotment, genetic intervention, control, and research, dilemmas in nursing, medical paternalism, AIDS issues, reproductive control, abortion, euthanasia.

Credits

3.00 units

Cross Listed Courses

PHIL 3109