PHIL 660 (01) - Law, Medicine, and Ethics

Law, Medicine, and Ethics

Durham   Liberal Arts :: Philosophy
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2022 - Full Term (08/29/2022 - 12/12/2022)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:   35  
CRN: 16173
Critical examination of the diverse legal and moral issues facing the profession of health care. Variable topics may include: duty to provide care; nature of informed consent to treatment; problems of allocating limited health-care resources (e.g., withdrawal of life-support systems, quality-of-life decisions, etc.); patient's right to confidentiality. Problems relating to involuntary preventive care (e.g., involuntary sterilization, psycho-surgery, etc.). Writing intensive.
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Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
Instructors: Charlotte Witt

Times & Locations

Start Date End Date Days Time Location
8/29/2022 12/12/2022 TR 11:10am - 12:30pm HS 202
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