Bioethics: Medicine (PHRE-460)
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Course Description
Modern medical research and practice present society with new opportunities and huge challenges, and doctors are guided by both ethics and science in the search for new remedies, the treatment of patients, and the struggle for just social and healthcare policies on a national and global scale. This course provides a brief introduction to ethics, its application to issues in medicine and medical research, and its role in setting public policy. Topics include the physician/patient relationship, professional codes, international standards in drug development, stem cell therapies, and the provision of healthcare to those in need.
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Suggested Subjects
- Distributing Limited Healthcare Resources
- Ethics of Organ Transplantation
- Human Stem Cells: An Ethical Overview
- Resuscitation Decisions
- End of Life Care: An Ethical Overview
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Reference Sources
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Recommended Databases
- Academic Onefile
- Academic Search Elite
- Cambridge Companions Online
- Expanded Academic Plus
- General Reference Center Gold
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
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Selected Internet Resources
- PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life
- American College of Physicians Center for Ethics and ProfessionalismThe American College of Physicians is home to the Center for Ethics and Professionalism, a free resource to guide members and the public in these important healthcare and practice decisions. The Center and the College’s Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee develop and implement policy and guidelines including the ACP Ethics Manual and ethics case studies available for online review. In addition, they develop educational sessions and review complaints of unethical conduct.
- Bioethics Web
