BIOE 350 | Clinical Bioethics

BIOE 350 is an application of ethical principles and philosophical reasoning in the health care setting. The application of medical ethics to clinical situations goes beyond following standards of practice. This course will focus on clinical ethics and explore how it differentiates from the larger field of bioethics. This course will teach students to apply the foundational concepts of bioethics to a variety of real health care situations. Students will learn to think through and discuss the unique features presented by different health care settings. The course will familiarize students with the common responsibilities of a clinical ethicist including: consultation, education, and policy review/development. Students will analyze real clinical ethics cases, utilizing the four principles and the four-box method. This course will also focus on an exploration of health policy and its development, emphasizing social justice and human rights as providing the moral and ethical bases of policy.