Description
Clinical Bioethics
This course will provide an overview of the major areas of clinical biomedical ethics. Issues that will be examined and analyzed include problem-solving methods, the theory and practice of informed consent, end-of-life decision making, physician-assisted suicide, pediatric ethical dilemmas, spirituality in clinical encounters, the injustice of health care disparities, and the role of ethics committees.

Outcomes: Participants will gain familiarity with the terminology, resources, and major frameworks of ethical analysis in biomedical ethics.
Details
Grading Basis
Graded
Units
3
Component
Lecture - Required
Offering
Course
IPS 651
Academic Group
Institute of Pastoral Studies
Academic Organization
Pastoral Studies