BSOC 2051

BSOC 2051

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

In the rapidly changing world of healthcare, complex ethical issues arise from interpersonal interactions between patients and clinicians to broad controversies that propel medicine into headline news. This course will examine ethical challenges in contemporary medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research from the bedside to health policy. Using case-vignettes, news stories, narratives, and readings from the healthcare, ethics, and social science literature we will examine issues from multiple vantage points. A range of topics will be explored including the patient-clinician relationship, heath care decision-making, issues at the beginning and end-of-life, technological advances, human experimentation, healthcare systems, and distributive justice. The course will also examine the fluidity of normative ethical boundaries, and how context and point of reference influence our perceptions of and approach to ethical issues. 

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (ETM-AS, KCM-AS, SCD-AS)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 2051

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5467 BSOC 2051   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    First-Year students must have permission of instructor to enroll.

  •  5468 BSOC 2051   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5469 BSOC 2051   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5470 BSOC 2051   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5471 BSOC 2051   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5472 BSOC 2051   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5473 BSOC 2051   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5474 BSOC 2051   DIS 207

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5475 BSOC 2051   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person