TH335 Clinical & Research Ethics
This course provides an in-depth study of topics in clinical ethics and research ethics. Topics may include decision-making capacity, informed consent, proxy decision makers, pediatric ethics, confidentiality, allocating and rationing care, health care disparities, global health, futility, moral distress, therapeutic misconception, vulnerable populations, stem cell research, gene editing, exploitation and undue inducement, genetic research, and international research. Students will learn the view of the human person and medical care that grounds Catholic teaching on the professional-patient relationship, established secular bioethical and legal norms for each topic, and perspectives on controversial topics. Students will then consider real-life cases in light of foundational Catholic teaching, established norms, and varying perspectives.
Prerequisite
TH105 [minimum grade = D-] or
TH205 [minimum grade = D-] or
TH205 [transfer credit] or HO302 [minimum grade = D-]