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Spring 2008 Bioethics Courses
BTHX 5000 Topics in Bioethics
Section I – Going Down Slow: Exploring Health Care Through Music
3 credits Mary Faith Marshall, PhD
Wednesdays 1 – 4 pm
This seminar uses music to explore key social and ethical issues in health care. Art forms such as the blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock will provide an historical and cultural context to examine topics such as health disparities, mental illness, substance abuse, death and dying, grief, violence, poverty, race, and social injustice. A multimedia approach will include recorded and live music, DVDs, film, and selected readings. The course is interdisciplinary, with guided group discussion. Grading/Assignments will include a creative writing assignment or research paper, written responses to live or recorded music/other media, a musician or music search assignment, and active class participation.
BTHX 5325/PHIL 5325
Biomedical Ethics
3 credits Debra DeBruin, PhD
Tuesdays 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
This course surveys major topics and issues in biomedical ethics including patients' rights and duties, informed consent, confidentiality, ethical issues in medical research, the initiation and termination of medical treatment, euthanasia, abortion, and the allocation of medical resources.
BTHX 5900 Independent Study
in Bioethics
1-4 credits J Kahn, PhD, MPH; D Bartels, RN, MA, PhD: J Song, MD, MPH, MAT; S Miles, MD; M F Marshall, PhD
Students propose area for study with faculty guidance and write a proposal, which includes outcome objectives and work plan. Faculty member directs student's work and evaluates project.
BTHX 8114 / GCD 8914 Ethical
and Legal Issues in Genetic Counseling
3 credits Dianne Bartels, RN, MA, PhD; Bonnie LeRoy, MS
Fridays 8:30 – 11:30 am
This multidisciplinary course is available to graduate students in genetic counseling and others interested in ethical and legal issues that are faced by health care practitioners who see clients with genetic concerns. Students learn how to review and assess relevant scientific and bioethics literature and engage in the process of individual and group decision-making about current ethical and legal challenges in human genetics.
BTHX 8510 Gender and
the Politics of Health
3 credits Joan Liaschenko, PhD, FAAN
Thursdays 1:00 – 4:00 pm
This course explores the moral and political importance of gender in topics related to health. These issues are situated within their institutional and broader social contexts. This course is appropriate for a wide audience including students from the health professions, philosophy, social science, and law.
BTHX 8900 Advanced
Independent Study in Bioethics
1-4 credits J Kahn, PhD, MPH; D Bartels, RN, MA, PhD: J Song, MD, MPH, MAT; S Miles, MD; M F Marshall, PhD
Students propose area for study with faculty guidance and write a proposal, which includes outcome objectives and work plan. Faculty member directs student's work and evaluates project.
NURS 8140 Moral and Ethical Positions in
Nursing
3 credits Joan Liaschenko, RN, PhD, FAAN
Tuesdays 3:35 – 6:35 pm