161-024 Issues in Biomedical Ethics

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161-024 Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Note	This subject is also available as 502-024 Issues in Biomedical Ethics (Medicine) for MBBS students.
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Mr Andrew Alexandra
Prerequisites	At least one first-year single-semester philosophy subject, or permission from the Head of Department or subject coordinator.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Thirty-two contact hours per semester: two 1-hour lectures per week for the first 11 weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week beginning the third week of semester
Subject Description	The development and increasing prestige of modern medicine continues to generate ethical controversy. This subject will provide a way of making sense of these controversies: it will consider the nature of health, illness and disease, and discuss a number of particular issues, possibly including the status of mental illness, disability, abortion, genetic screening and modification, euthanasia and death.
Assessment	Written work totalling 4000 words, and regular participation in tutorials.

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