May 19, 2024  
2016-2017 Caspersen School of Graduate Studies 
    
2016-2017 Caspersen School of Graduate Studies [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MDET 820 - Advanced Biomedical Ethics

3 credits
An examination of central matters of moral concern in medicine and the life sciences, including some of the following:  end of life care, euthanasia, requirements of consent, allocations of resources, disclosure of genetic information, and manipulation of genetic material in germ cells.  The selected issues are considered in the contexts of moral justification and moral decision-making, with attention to fundamental matters of ethical theory.
  Prerequisite: MDET 801 Requires MDET 801  



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