Seminar on Bioethics - Clinical Focus           WINTER & SPRING  

     2 units - HLAW-205A & B     

This seminar examines bioethics from a clinical perspective and emphasis. It uses medical literature and case law to cover a range of topics such as the principles and theories of bioethics, truth-telling and confidentiality, informed consent, research on animals and human subjects, technology and reproduction, surrogacy, abortion and fetal rights, maternal/fetal conflict, the right to die, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, medical futility, caring for the elderly, medical decision-making for incompetent patients and minors, and the changing nature of the doctor-patient relationship.   

Seminar on Bioethics - Legal Focus                                  SPRING

     4.5 units - SEM-613

(Similar to HLAW-205 but with a legal perspective and emphasis)

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