TOPICS IN BIOETHICS

MEDHIST 559

A survey of ethical and social issues in medical ethics and history of medicine. Cooperating faculty may be drawn from philosophy, law, medical ethics, history, political science, public health, economics, education, and communication, as well as medicine and the biological sciences.

MEDHIST 729

Opportunity to learn and employ foundational methods and principles of bioethics. Gain an understanding of modes of argument in bioethics and hone the craft of analyzing and constructing ethical arguments, and foreseeing and responding to potential objections.

MEDHIST/PHILOS 558

Ethical issues apparently created by new biomedical technologies, such as genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, prolongation of life, treatment of severe birth defects, in vitro fertilization, behavior modification, psychosurgery, and transplantation.

MEDHIST 747

Gain an appreciation of the intersection of feminist themes with ethical issues in medicine and public health. Feminist epistemology and care ethics. Applied feminist bioethics topics, including abortion and maternal-fetal medicine. Apply a feminist lens to bioethical theories and topics, and identify and analyze an array of issues that arise from sex and gender.

MEDHIST 741

Analyze ethical dimensions of population-level efforts to protect and promote health. Gain understanding of different ethical frameworks, their theoretical underpinnings, and their prospects for resolving real-world policy dilemmas in the context of medicine and public health. Hone the craft of constructing ethical arguments, and foreseeing and responding to potential objections.