LAS204M Ethics in Biomedical Research and Practice

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course covers the following three modules:

• 204MA Biomedical Ethics: This module examines the impact of Biomedical ethics within a global societal contexts. The module explores the major ethical issues confronting the practices of medicine and biomedical science. Topics include the doctor-patient relationship, the ethics of medical experimentation, and the ethics of biotechnology.
• 204MB Ethical Theories: This module discusses ethical and decision-making theories, such as consequentialism, duty ethics, virtue ethics, moral assumptions and values.
• 204MC Professional Biomedical Ethics: This module discusses professionalism, ethics, and fiduciary responsibility.  Topics include unethical medical experiments, gender/race-based discrimination, culturally competent care, and the doctor-patient relationship. The module includes case studies focusing historical and current cases related to biomedical ethics.

Note: The course is restricted for students in pre-medical and biomedical fields (e.g. pre-pharmacy, nursing, biology, nutrition, nutrition dietetics, chemistry-premedical track, and engineering-premedical track). In addition, students cannot take both LAS204 and LAS204M.