What role, if any, does medicine have in a good human life? To address this question, this course explores matters of social justice in the healthcare system of the United States. The primary focus is on fundamental ethical principles and their corresponding theories that function as ethics decision-making model, such as the Principle of Utility and its corresponding theory of Utilitarianism. Case studies from across the lifespan are used to apply ethical decision-making models to patient-health professional interactions and the use of human subjects in medical research, thereby enabling us to examine and refine our own values throughout the semester as we try to determine what role, if any, medicine has in a good human life.
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Humanistic Values
