LAW 6135

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LAW 6135
Bioethics Mediation and Resolution of Ethical Dilemmas in Health Care

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

The course will introduce students to the key ethical and legal principles that underlay this unique and important form of mediation. It will also provide a foundational understanding of bioethics and its interplay with law and medicine in clinical medicine. Topics to be discussed will include informed consent, health-care decision making, advance directives (health care proxies and living wills), surrogate decision-making for incapacitated adults and children, and end-of-life treatment issues, including medical futility.

When Offered Spring.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17273 LAW 6135   SEM 101

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