Biomedical Ethics

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Course Title

Biomedical Ethics

Course Description

Application of ethical principles and decision-making processes to selected problems in medicine, health care, and biotechnology. Special attention given to end-of-life choices, reproductive rights and technologies, organ transplantation, research ethics, genetic engineering, and allocating scarce resources. An interdisciplinary focus that draws on social, legal, economic, and scientific issues in ethical decisions in medicine.

Course Level

Undergraduate (BA, BS)
Graduate (MA, PhD)

Instructor Name

Courtney Campbell

Course Topics

Bioethics/Narrative Ethics
Death and Dying/End-of-Life/Hospice
Health Disparities/Access to care
Patient-provider relations
Social justice

Disciplinary Perspectives

Ethics/Bioethics
Philosophy
Religious Studies

Geographic Location

Corvallis, Oregon

Instructional Modality

face-to-face
online synchronous

Institutional Location

Oregon State Univerity

Title

Biomedical Ethics