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2025-26 Undergraduate Catalog
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PHIL 130 - Introduction to Biomedical Ethics

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: None.
Corequisite: None.
Restriction: None.
Description: Examines ethical issues in medicine and health care, such as patient autonomy and surrogate decision making; death, dying, and end of life care; reproductive ethics; justice and allocation of health care resources; global health, poverty, and development; public health ethics; and ethics of emerging medical technologies. Analyzes readings and arguments from philosophers, medical professionals, and policy makers.
Cross-Listed: No


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