Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2013English
About this course
This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics, examining moral foundations of the science and practice of Western biomedicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation and other issues. It evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood.
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